AND OBJECTIVES

1. To develop print media skills & techniques in reporting & editing.

2. To develop competence for development & issue based stories.
3. To gain awareness of overall print media, identify & its functioning.
4. To develop contacts in the industry, this might be helpful in later stages of
our
5. To learn different psyches & human behavior at different levels & situation.
6. To broaden the horizons by further enhancing total personality.
Chapter -1: Introduction

1.1 Industry profile

Journalism is concerned with collection and dissemination of news through the

print media as well as the electronic media. This involves various areas of works
like reporting, writing, editing, Photographing, broadcasting or cable casting news
items.

Journalism is classified into two on the basis of media.

i) Print Journalism and

ii) Electronic (Audio/Visual) Journalism

Print Journalism includes newspapers, magazines and journals. In print journalism

one can work as editors, reporters, columnists, correspondents etc.

Electronic journalism includes working for Radio, Television and the Web. In the
web, skilled people are required to maintain sites by web newspapers (which cater
only to the web and do not have print editions) and popular newspapers and
magazines that have their own web editions. In electronic journalism one can be a
reporter, writer, editor, researcher, correspondent and anchor.

Career in journalism is a prestigious profession as well as a highly paid one.

Journalist plays a major role in the development of nation. It is through them that
we get information about daily happenings in the society. The purpose of
journalism itself is to inform and interpret, educate and enlighten the people. The
opportunities for journalists are endless and at the same time the job has become
more challenging, as the new world is proving the adage that the pen (and the
camera) is mightier than the sword. Simple reporting of events is no more
sufficient, more specialization and professionalism in reporting is required.
Journalists specialize in diverse areas, such as politics1 finance and economics,
investigation, culture and sports for newspapers and periodicals.

Indian print media is one of the largest print media in the world. The history of it
started in 1780, with the publication of the Bengal Gazette from Calcutta.
 Journalism

Journalism is the timely reporting of events at the local, provincial, national and
international levels. Reporting involves the gathering of information through
interviewing and research, the results of which are turned in to a fair and balanced
story for publication or for television or radio broadcast.

Journalist is not just

1. Fact find

2. Media Analysis

3. Opinion writing or

4. Commentary

Although all of those aspects can play a part at times.

journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and more

broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles.
Journalism applies to various media, including newspaper, magazines, radio and
television and since the end of 20th century, the internet.

Journalism is classified into two on the basis of India.

(i) Print Journalism

(II) Electronic (Audio/Visual) Journalism.

Print Journalism includes newspapers, magazines and journals. In print journalism

one can work as editors, reporters, columnists, correspondent etc. Electronic
journalism includes working for Radio, Television and the web. In the web, skilled
people are required to maintain sites by web newspapers (which cater only to the
web and do not have print editions) and popular newspapers and magazines that
have own web edition In electronic journalism one can be a reporter, writer,
editor, researcher, correspondent and anchor.

Career in journalism is a prestigious profession as well as a highly paid one.

Journalist plays a major role in the development of nations. It is through them that
we get information about daily happenings in the society. The purpose of
journalism itself is to inform and interpret, educate and enlighten the people.