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Paper- I: Introduction to Journalism

UNIT - I Journalism as a Profession

Practical Theory of Journalism - History of Print from Guttenberg to the Computer - The Rise

of Broadcast Journalism - The origin of Print Media in India - Emergence of newspapers in

India - Hicky's Gazette -Emergence of Indian language Press -- Baptist mission - Rammohan

Roy - James Silk Buckingham and others - Adam's regulation - New awakening - Derozians

and their contributions - Iswar Chandra Gupta -Charles Met Calfe's role and Amrita Bazar

Patrika Jugantor - Vernacular Press Act - Regional Journalism in India.

UNIT - II Ethics: Law and free Speech

Journalism Ethics - Codes of Conduct - Freedom of Information - Indian Convention on

Human Rights - Defamation and Libel - Copyright - Court Reporting - Reporting Restrictions

- Contempt of Court - children and-voting people, sex offences.

UNIT- III Media Institutions and their role in society

Defining a media institutions - Cinema- mainstream and Art House - Regulatory bodies - The

Press and Journalism - Television - Case study - Photography - Defining media genre - Media

Genre – Media Representation and Misrepresentation. I

UNIT - IV Media Ethics and Regulation.

Professional Morality and the Public Interest - Vulnerable Groups - Other vulnerable and

special groups - and privacy - Children - Ethics and Newsgathering - sources and

confidentiality - Taste and Decency/ Harm and Offence - Ethics and Regulation - Voluntary

and Compulsory - Voluntary codes - Statutory Codes -Publishing Ethics - Ethics and the

Internet - International Ethics and Regulation.

UNIT - V English for Journalists and Writers

English Grammar - The Basic Rules - Spelling, selecting the right word - Punctuation and

Beyond - Written English - Cliches, jargon, mixed metaphors and worse - Spoken English for

the Media - English for Text Online and Small Screen Devices - Specialist writing skills.

Paper- II: Reporting, Writing and Editing

UNIT - I News and news writing

Definitions of News - Element of News, News Sources, - News Values - Objectivity and

Impartiality - Types of News - News Sources - The Language of News - The Digital

Newsroom - News Writing for Radio & Television - The Interview - Comment, opinion and

conjecture.

UNIT - II Reporting

The Chief Reporter: duties, responsibilities and qualities of a Chief Reporter, Duties

responsibilities and qualities of a reporter; Specialized Reporting - Sports, Agriculture.

Cinema, Crime etc - Reporting - objective, Investigations, interpretative, Interview - Special

reports, exclusives and scoops - Reporting for Print Media - Reporting Conferences, media

conferences, press releases.

UNIT - III Editing and Designing

Traditional approaches - The Digital Revolution - Editorial Production - Structure of news

desk: The editor - function and responsibilities of an editor, the news editor functions, duties

and qualities - Chief Sub editor - Sub editors — their functions duties and qualities - Text and

Text Editing - Publication Style - Design and Typography - Design principles - Dealing with

pictures and other graphic materials - Newspaper Design - Magazine Design - Editing Text

for the Web - Designing for the web - Inverted pyramid pattern and others - Writing Intro

Lead - Marking headings of news stories - different types of headings

UNIT - IV Feature Writing

Definition - Different types of features - Freelance opportunities - Lifestyle and consumer

features - Human interest features - Features profiles - Law for feature writing - Difference

between new story and feature story. — Yellow Journalism, Editorial writing, Letters to the

editor, book film and drama review - Proof reading - Symbols of proof reading, duties and

responsibilities of a proof reader, copy editing - symbols of copy editing

UNIT - V Digital TV and Radio Journalism '7

Functions of Radio newsroom - News editor - producer - Role of the broadcaste journalism

reporter Writing for Broadcast - The Interview - The Bulletin - The Voice and the Voicer -

The Package - Pictures and Visual - Broadcast Sound - Radio Technologies - Television

technologies - Presenting on Radio - Presenting on Television - Audio Visual Material on

the Web - Legal and Physical Constraints - TV news room - News editor producers – TV

reporters, writing TV and Radio report.

Paper- III: Journalism for Specific Purpose

UNIT I - Sports Journalism

Introduction to Sports Journalism - History of Sports Journalism and its Social impact -

Journalism Ethics and Sport - Sports Coverage in Print - Broadcast Sport - Sport in Vision -

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Online Sport - International Sports Institutions (Major & Minor) - Sports Regulation - Sports

Reporting - In the Office - Sports Reporting - in the field – Sports Features – Sports reporting

and the public.

UNIT II - Business Journalism

Business journalism, how different is it from other reporting - History of business journalism

- Prominent business publications in India and abroad - Beats in business journalism -Sources

in business journalism - Aspects of business reporting - Stock market - Banking. Reserve

Bank of India, its policies - Commodities market - State and Central Budgets - Exim Policy -

Forex market - International market, WTO, its impact on India - Money market -Taxation,

direct and indirect taxes, Income Tax, Excise, Sales Tax - Disinvestments. -Companies Act -

Legal issues related to share holders - forward markets in shares and commodities,

derivatives

UNITT - III Women Oriented Journalism

Status of Women in different society over the ages - Status of women in society today;

History of women in media - Women's sections in media and growth of women's magazines -

^ Feminism, what is it. its history. Feminism in India - Feminist media in India and abroad -

Indian laws relating to women - Portrayal of women in media-press, TV, advertisements -

Laws/ethics pertaining to depiction of women in media - Developmental Journalism, its

impact on women Rural and urban divide from women's perspective - Women and

Environment; Human Rights issues a women's perspective - Writing on sexual harassment of

women: interviewing victims of sexual harassment; Covering women's organizations -

Writing on women and medical problems.

UNIT IV - Science, Technology and Environment Journalism

Evolution of Science Journalism - Prominent Science Journals in India and Abroad, Eminant

Science Writers and Sources on Science in India - Difference between science journalism

other forms of journalism - What makes science, technology and environment news - Need to

be accurate and credible - Reference Material, Statistics and Documentation - Guarding

against plagiarism by scientist as well as by science writers - Covering Science for

Newspapers. Writing Science for Magazines - Covering Earth Sciences, Role of Environment

in ancient times - History of Environmentalism, Development and Environment - Eco-

systems, Global Warming/Green House. Designing Science Magazines

UNIT V - Photo-Journalism

What is photo-journalism, how is it different from other forms of pho- tography? What is

news? Spot the news - Are photographers journalists? Qualities required to be a photo-

journalists News room structure, role of photo-editor What matters aesthetic or concept?

Goodbye to the dark room, digital photography - What equipment is required? Hassles of

photo-journalism, getting your equipment checked, getting police clearance Photojournalism,

law and restrictions, Copyright Shooting riots Sports photography ,Travel photography,

Entertainment/model photography Fashion photography, Photographing women Covering

other events, Meeting the deadline Mistakes a photo-journalist can make Giving the caption

Photo-editing, use of software. Transmitting photographs.

QUESTION PAPER PATTERS

NATIONAL COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), TIRUCHIRAPALLI-1

UGC SPONSORED CERTIFICATE COURSE IN JOURNALISM AND EDITING

TIME:3 HRS, MARKS-75

SECTION-A (20 MARKS)

I. Answer the following questions in a sentence or two: (10x2=20) (No Choice)

SECTION –B (5x5=25)

II. Answer the following questions in a paragraph: (Either Or Pattern)

SECTION-C (3x10=30)

III. Answer any THREE of the following quest ions in detail: (3 out of five)