Nov 12, 2023

Introduction to Journalism: Readings: Weekly Class Report

 November, 2023

Following readings were discussed in the class in the first week of November. Syllabus has been completed. Now, we are revising selected topics.

BOOKS

News Reporting and Editing

•Concept Of News

News- Concept and Definition- News values.

•The News Story

News story structure-Elements of news story-5Ws and H- Intro or lead- Types of intro with

examples- The body- Language of news

•News Gathering

Source or news-Hard and Weak sources- News agencies-Monitoring- Press release or handout-

Press Conference- Press briefings- Division of labour- Beats- Planning news coverage

•Newspaper vs Radio and TV news

Impact of electronic media on newspaper-Differences Radio News-Translation- TV News

2)The Online Journalism Handbook

•Introduction to the second edition

•Histories futures and the changing business technologies of journalism

•Writing for social media and chat apps

•Community, social media management and user generated content

3)Citizen Journalism Global Perspectives

•Histories of Citizen Journalism

•Citizen Journalism in India: The Politics Of Recognition

•OhmyNews: Citizen Journalism in South Korea

•User Generated Content and Journalistic Values

•The Future of Citizen Journalism

4.An Introduction To Journalism

• What Is News?

*Selecting the news

Newspapers

Radio news*


Television news

Online news 

Conclusion

•Writing a Story

Writing for Radio , TV and Internet

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