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Your Career in Journalism begins here
JOIN INDIA’S ONLY INTEGRATED TELEVISION,
PRINT AND NEW MEDIA JOURNALISM SCHOOL
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The IMII is a leading journalism training institute in India. With our staff of
local and globally experienced journalists, we offer state-of-the-art
multimedia training to aspiring journalists. Our students learn to research
and report stories for television, print, web and social media platforms.
They also learn to meet deadlines while working in a real-time environment
modelled on professional newsrooms.
The IMII is led by a former Vice President of The New Indian Express Group,
an award winning television correspondent who has worked for Al Jazeera
English, CNN and ABC News, and a former Editor and correspondent at
The Wall Street Journal.
Along with other noted International and Indian journalists, they will share
their expertise with smart, idealistic and committed students who want to
change society for the better. Graduates of this tough and demanding
programme will be able to walk into any newsroom in the world and
produce quality journalism.
IMII HIGHLIGHTS� Courses taught in English and Hindi
� Internships organised with top media houses in India and abroad
� Placement assistance available
� Programme built around practical skills
� Teachers work one-on-one with students
� A creative, supportive and challenging environment
IMII students developing a video story for CNN iReport.
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FACULTY
Sunil Saxena Dean
Sunil Saxena has over three decades of experience in Print, New Media,
Research and Journalism Education. He set up twelve websites in five
languages for The New Indian Express Group, and was the first Dean of the
Asian College of Journalism.
His books on journalism are referred texts in almost all Indian universities.
He is the founder and leader of IMII’s award winning mobile phone journalism
project that has become India’s first mobile-based rural news service.
Todd Baer Academic Advisor
Todd Baer is an award winning television
and radio journalist. He most recently
worked as a correspondent for Al Jazeera
English (AJE) where he reported from
across India including Kashmir. After
covering the Mumbai attacks, AJE moved
him to their headquarters in Doha, Qatar
where he became a travelling correspon-
dent. While working in the Middle East,
Baer covered the aftermath of the war in
Gaza, the buildup of troops in Afghanistan and the Lebanese parliamentary
election. He was then based out of AJE’s Washington news centre where
he covered the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti and reported from
Morocco.
Chris Conte Academic Advisor
Chris Conte worked as a reporter and news editor at The Wall Street
Journal for 15 years before joining the staff of Governing magazine as a
correspondent. He has conducted research
and written reports on health issues for the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the
Journal of Public Health Management and
Practice. Conte contributes articles to
Congressional Quarterly, where he worked
as a staff reporter covering economic
issues, the federal budget, and banking in
the late 1970s. For the past three years,
Conte has been a Knight Health Journalism
Fellow in Uganda.
Academic Advisor Todd Baer reporting from Srinagar.
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IMII COURSE PLAN
The heart of the programme is practical work. The students write, edit and
produce television stories and produce newscasts that are broadcast on
the IMII website. They also write news stories for the website and a
newspaper published twice a week.
The instruction includes the following topics plus other subject areas
identified by IMII over the course of the school year:
TELEVISIONAnchoring: How to anchor a live newscast, interact with correspondents
and conduct interviews with guests
Reporting: Live reporting, writing, storytelling, accuracy, and how to work
under intense deadlines
Video journalism:Composition, framing, lighting and how to tell stories
using high-end digital cameras.
Editing: Edit television stories on Macintosh Computers using Final Cut Pro.
Rundown producing: Build a newscast, identify a lead story, tease an
upcoming story, write anchor leads and use graphics in shows.
Convergence: All students will learn each of the five concentrations so that
when they graduate from the IMII, they will be ready to work in any job in
television.
PRINTReporting: Lead writing, story structuring, use of quotations, writing from
press notes, covering press conferences, speech reporting, writing
interpretive stories, profiles and feature stories.
Editing: Basic copy editing, rewriting, headline writing, removing bias, use
of attribution, news selection and display.
Design: Principles of design, modular, non-modular lay-outs and making of
newspaper pages using QuarkXpress.
Students edit video files on Apple MacPro.
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Training paper brought out by IMII students.
NEw MEDIAweb Reporting: Writing for the web, hyperlocal and glocal stories, handling
a developing story.
web Editing and Design: News selection, editing and display, content
management, headline writing, principles of web design, navigation, web
analytics and hyperlinking.
Social Media: Blogging, developing content for Wikis, and monitoring of social
media sites such as You Tube, Twitter, Facebook and Flickr.
Multimedia: Developing audio and video stories for publishing on the net.
Mobile Journalism: Developing news alerts for transmission as SMS, MMS
and voice calls.
ADVANCED REPORTINGSpecialised modules on Business, Health, Environment, Education,
Entertainment, Defence, Science, Law and the Courts, Politics and Sports.
SPECIAL PROJECTSStudents will do two projects of broadcast and publishable quality – one for
the electronic and new media and the other for print media – as part of the
course work. The focus of these projects will be:
1. Rural Development and Poverty Issues
2. Use of Right to Information Act to develop news reports
GUEST SPEAkER PROGRAMMESSubject specialists will deliver lectures on their areas of expertise to broaden
the students’ knowledge and world view.
STUDENT-LED SESSIONSStudents work in teams to identify media issues, research background content
and lead discussions. These sessions build confidence, develop analytical skills
and foster team spirit.
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IMII PARTNERS
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASkA, USA The University of Nebraska is one of the leading journalism schools in the
United States. The University will send two professors to teach at the IMII
starting in July 2011, offer an exchange programme and award IMII graduates
a Certificate of Achievement.
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), is a non-profit, professional
organisation that promotes quality journalism worldwide in the belief that
independent, vigorous media are crucial in improving the human
condition. Website: www.icfj.org
SOCIETY FOR POLICY STUDIES (SPS)The IMII is a project of the Society for Policy Studies, a think tank founded
by leading Indian journalists committed to increasing the skills of aspiring
journalists. For more information logon to www.spsindia.in
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
IMII students who worked for the Commonwealth Games News Service.
GUEST FACULTYIMII invites experts from India and abroad to provide insights into their
areas of expertise . Some of the Guest Speakers who interacted with our
students this year are: Tarun Basu, Chief Editor, IANS, Shravan Garg, Group
Editor, Dainik Bhaskar, Alok Mehta, Editor-in-Chief, Nai Dunia, Daniel Lak,
former BBC Correspondent in Delhi, Mira Kamdar, best-selling author and
writer, Rajiv Bhatia, Diplomat and former Ambassador, Paranjoy Guha
Thakurta, television journalist and columnist, Arvind Padmanbhan, Exec-
utive Editor, IANS, Sudip Mazumdar, Correspondent, Newsweek, Shajan C
Kumar, Art Director, IANS, Kiran Shaheen, Hindi columnist and editor, Vivek
Sharma, Production Editor, ESPN-Star Sports and Poh Si Teng, freelance
video journalist for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
MacArthur Foundation
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ADMISSION
IMII is inviting applications for the Post-Graduate Diploma Course in
Journalism starting in July 2011.
Eligibility The minimum qualification needed to enroll in the course is graduation.
Fees Rs 1,25,000
Scholarships: Available for deserving students based on need.
How to apply The application can be sent by e-mail to [email protected] or by post to the Dean,
International Media Institute of India, D-59, Sector 2, Noida – 201301. The
application should include the following information: Name of applicant,
Age, Postal Address, E-mail, Contact number (if any), Education details from
Class 10 to Graduation/Post-graduation, Distinctions/Awards (if any),
Details of articles written for School/College magazine, newspapers etc,
Computer proficiency giving details of which programmes that the student
knows.Students who seek scholarship should attach the annual income
certificate of their parents.
“The IMII has the potential
to be the best journalism
training institute in India.” – Raju Narisetti,
Managing Editor,
The Washington Post
“Although a young
institution, IMII is
making an impressive
contribution in
producing responsible
journalists.”– Rajiv Bhatia, Diplomat &
Former Ambassador
“Training has not kept
pace with the boom in
the media industry. The
IMII is filling the gap by
increasing professional
competence and ethical
discipline.”– Tarun Basu
Chief Editor, IANS
TESTIMONIALS
INTERNSHIPSThe Washington Post, Al Jazeera English, CNN-IBN, Aaj Tak, BBC Radio
The Hindustan Times, ANI, IANS, Hindustan, Amar Ujala, Navbharat Times.
(From L to R) Abdul Majid doing his internship at Al Jazeera;
Archana Thiyagarajan at The Washington Post; Priyanka Pandit at BBC Radio
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D 59, Sector 2,, Noida – 201301
e-mail us at: [email protected] | Call us at: 0120 4228464, 9717966557
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