HANDS ON TRAINING

ON
DINA MALAR NEWSPAPER
TIRUNELVELI CITY
Submitted in Partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Internship (IV Semester)
Of
Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice Science
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
Tirunelveli – 627012

Submitted by
M. Arun Kumar
(Reg. No: 20184012527104)
Under the guidance of
DR. Syed Umarhathab
Assistant Professor
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
Tirunelveli – 627012

March – 2020

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 HANDS ON TRAINING
ON
DINA MALAR NEWSPAPER
TIRUNELVELI CITY
Submitted in Partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Internship (IV Semester)
Of
Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice Science
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
Tirunelveli – 627012

Submitted by
M. Arun Kumar
(Reg. No: 20184012527104)
Under the guidance of
DR. Syed Umarhathab
Assistant Professor
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
Tirunelveli – 627012

March – 2020
FACULTY IN – CHARGE HOD’S SIGNATURE

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 DECLARATION
I do hereby declare that the Hands on Training Report by M. Arun Kumar,
Reg. No: 20184012527104 submitted in partial fulfilment for degree of Master of Science in
Criminology in Criminal Justice from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli
was carried out the Hands on Training at Dina Malar Newspaper, Tirunelveli City under the
Supervision of Mr. Venkateswaran, the Sub Editor Tirunelveli City, Tamil Nadu during 2nd
January 2020 to 9th January 2020 in the academic year of 2019 – 2020.

Place: Tirunelveli
Date:
M. Arun Kumar
II M.Sc Criminology and Criminal Justice
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
Tirunelveli.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I express my sincere thanks to Dr. Beulah Shekar, Professor and Head of the
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice for the valuable advice and co- ordinating
throughout my Internship.
I take the opportunity to extend my hearty thanks to Dr. P. Madhava Soma
Sundaram, Professor, Department of Criminology and criminal Justice for giving this
opportunity and motivating for completing this Internship.
I express my sincere thanks to Dr. Syed Umarhathab, Assistant Professor,
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice for the keen affection and interest towards me
throughout the academic Journey.
I take the opportunity to extend my hearty thanks to Dr. Siva Kumar, Assistant
Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice for giving me this opportunity and
motivation for completing this project.
I convey my deep gratitude to Dr. Enanalap Periyar, Assistant Professor,
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice who has supported the hands on training.
I take privilege to extend my hereby thanks to Mr. Venkateswaran, Sub-Editor
of Dina Malar office, Tirunelveli for his support throughout the hands on training.
I convey my gratitude to reporters Mr. Ramaswamy, Mr. Nagamani, and Mr.
Durai sir for their support throughout my hands on training.
I also convey my deep gratitude to other staffs in the Dina Malar office who has
supported the hands on training.
I also thank my friends who supported my aspirations with real encouragement in
real phase of my Internship.

M. Arun Kumar
(20184012527104)

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 CERTIFICATE
This is certify that M. Arun Kumar, Reg. No: 20184012527104 carried out the Hands
on Training at Dina Malar Newspaper, Tirunelveli City, Tamil Nadu for the degree of Master
of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Manonmaniam Sundaranar University,
Tirunelveli and are bonafide the Hands on Training done by him under my Supervision and
guidance in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice in Manonmaniam
Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli during the Academic year 2019- 2020

Dr. Syed Umarhathab, Dr. Beulah Shekar

Assistant Professor Professor & Head

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 CONTENTS
S. No Title Page no

1 INTRODUCTION 8

2 ABOUT THE INSTITUTION 9

3 DAY 1 10

4 DAY 2 11

5 DAY 3 13

6 DAY 4 14

7 DAY 5 15

8 DAY 6 17

9 DAY 7 18

10 CONCLUSION 19

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 INTRODUCTION
In my studies of M.Sc Criminology and Criminal Justice Science, Every day we had
learned lot of useful things. In my 4th semester I do the 7 days Hands On Training in Journalism
Departments.
Under the guidance of Dr. Syed Umarhathab I had chosen the Dina malar Office located
at Vanarapettai for my 7 days Hands on Training.
Here the record note states that in the 7 days at Dina malar office what I have experienced,
learned, practice and case visit also were explained detailed.

Journalism and Crime Reporting:

Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on events. The word
Journalism applies to the occupation as well as citizen journals who gather and publish
information. Journalistic media include print, television, radio, internet, and in the past,
newsreels.
Concepts of the appropriate role for journalism vary between countries. In some
nations, the news media are controlled by government intervention and are not fully independent.
In others, the media are independent of the government intervention and are not fully
independent. In the others, the news media are independent of the government but instead
operate as private industry motivated by profit. In addition to the varying nature of how media
organizations are run and funded, countries may have differing implementations of laws
handling the freedom of speech and libel cases.
A crime report is a way of knowing the amount of crime committed in a city, town, state
and a way of knowing by which race, age and gender. The crime report is a written account of an
incident observed from one or more sources. It can also be defined as the communication of
information arranged in an accurate, concise, clear and complete manner, which then becomes a
record of a given incidents to an interested party for decision to be made.

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About the Institution:
Dina Malar is a National Tamil daily newspaper. It was founded in 1951 by T.V.
Ramasubba Iyer. Dina Malar has an average circulation of 9,42,812(Jan – Jun 2016). It was
founded on 6 September 1951 at Thiruvananthapuram. The operations were moved to
Tirunelveli in 1957.
The Newspaper is printed in 10 cities in Tamil Nadu namely Chennai, Tirunelveli,
Coimbatore, Erode, Nagercoil, Pondicherry, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, and Vellore as well as in
Bangalore, Karnataka and Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
These following supplements are published by Dina Malar:
Day Supplements Description
Monday Feature/Magazine Vaniga Malar
Tuesday Feature Bakthi Malar
Wednesday Feature None
Thursday Feature None
Friday Feature/Magazine Siruvar Malar,Metro
Saturday Feature/Magazine Velai Vaippu Malar
Sunday Feature/Magazine Vara Malar, cinema pakkam,
Kannamma(women
empowerment feature)
All Days Feature Astrology, Thozhil(Business
page), District supplement,
Tea kadai bench(political
gossip)
Specials Magazine/Tabloid Diwali malar, Pongal malar,
Navarathri special, Varuda
malar(year guide).

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Day 1 Report:
Time:10 am – 2.30pm

The first day of my hands on training was started at the time of 10.00 am in the
Dina Malar office. First we entered into the Dina Malar office and went to the Reception and
meet Mr. Ganesan and he advised us to wait for the reporters, until they come to the office. After
a time, Mr. Venkateswaran, an Editor comes and we are instructed to follow him.
Then, Mr. Venkateswaran told us about History of Dina Malar Newspaper and
explain about the journalism and crime Reporting. He explained that the word Journalism is
derived from the Latin word “Journal”. In 1660’s the local news were collected and exposure to
the people through notice boards like Banner news.
In India, the period of 1850’s they introduced a magazine about Christianity and after
that Bharathiyar, a National leader who introduced the journal “Swadesamithran” ie., the first
tamil language News Paper protest against the British rule in India. It plays a major role in
Independence.
Dina Malar was founded by T.V. Ramasubba Iyer on 6 September 1951 at
Trivandrum. The operations were moved to Tirunelveli in 1957. Dina Malar local Newspaper
(community paper) distributed to only 4 districts (Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Kanyakumari, Tuticorin).
In regular news paper the master head, year panel, editor, publisher, business address should be
present. He also explained about the Advertisement in the Newspaper. Advertisement gives more
attraction towards their business and raise their profit level easily.
He also told the difference between the olden days and modern days
advertisement. There is some rules and restrictions in the presentation of advertisement in the
olden days, the ad must be in the size 70cm. But nowadays there is no terms and condition for
the size of an advertisement. We can use any size for the advertisement for attraction.
All the news were collected at the time of 5 pm from several districts and it was
printed whether it was correct or wrong. 45,000 newspaper were printed every day in this office.
He also told about their colleagues in the office. There are 7 members working in this office. 4
reporters and 3 cameramen in the office, here from the reporters 3 reporters working in day shift
and 1 person working in night shift. 2 cameramen working in day shift and 1 person working in
night shift. The first day of hands on training ends at 2.30 pm.

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Day 2 Report:
Time: 10.00 am to 2.30 Pm
The second day of my hands on training was started at 10.00 am in Dina Malar office.
As usual we went to the Dina Malar office and meet Mr. Venkateswaran. He started his
discussions about the Sections in the Dina Malar office.
He explained that there are five sections in the Dina Malar office. They are as follows:
1. Administration section
2. Editorial section
3. Advertisement section
4. Circulation section
5. Machine section
6. Dispatch section
1.Administration Section:
➢ Establishments
➢ Reporting
➢ Auditing
➢ Accounts & Finance
Establishment is nothing but the act of starting something that will last for a long time,
from here the work begins. The main function of journalistic function is News reporting.
Reporting involves hard work, which in turn involves stamina and patience. Reporting involves
all relevant facts, selecting and presenting the important facts and weaving a comprehensive
story. Auditing is a checking of inventory to make sure that all departments are following
documented system of recording transactions. It is done to ascertain the accuracy of financial
statements provided by the organization. Accounts and Finance sections provides accounting
services and manages the finances of the company. Its responsibilities includes recording
accounts, paying bills, billing clients and customers, managing payroll, and keeping track of
critical tax documents.
2.Editorial Section:
➢ News Editor
➢ Sub Editor
➢ Reporter
➢ Proof Editor
➢ Journalists.
Newspaper Editors have the daily responsibility of deciding which news stories are
printed in the paper. Long before the paper is published, the editors assigns reporters to cover the
news, checks for accuracy and fairness in the newspaper’s articles and writes headlines.
Sub-Editors check the written text of newspaper, Magazines or websites before they
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of published work. Sub editors make sure that the copy is factually correct and suits its target
market.
A Reporter is a type of journalist who researches, writes, and reports on information in
order to present sources, conduct interviews, engage in research and make reports. Reporters
may be assigned a specific beat or area of coverage. Reporters are responsible for delivering
updates and analysis on current happening with the main goal to keep public update. Proof
editing is a combination of proof reading and copy editing that is done at the same time.
Journalists is a person who collects, writes, or distributes news or other current information to
the public.
3.Advertisement Section:
➢ Ad Reporter
➢ Ad Editor
➢ Details collector
➢ Page maker
4.Circulation Section:
➢ Analyzation
In the circulation section, they will check and analyse the news was printed without
any mistakes and also analyse how many papers were printed.
5.Machine Section:
➢ Printing work
6. Despatch section:
➢ Distribution work
Newspaper distributors pick up their bundles in the early hours of the morning.
Responsibility for getting the newspaper from the press to the reader falls to the distribution
division.
Mr. Venkateswaran also explained about the news, news writing attempts to answer
all the basic questions about any particular event – who, what, when, where and why (the Five’s)
and also often how- at the opening of the article. The related term journalese is sometimes used,
refer to news-style writing. He also explained about footnote, that is description lines under the
Image. He also told about Image setting and paper setting. The paper setting will be in the form
of 1&8, 2&7, 3&6, 4&5. He also informed us about some Newspaper agencies. They are as
follows:
❖ PTI - Press Trust of India
❖ AP - Associate Press
❖ UNI -United News of India
❖ AFP- Associate French Press
❖ RA -Russian Agency
After his Lecture the second day of my hands on training was completed at 2.30 pm.

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Day 3 Report:
Time:10.00 am -2.30 pm
The third day of my hands on training was started at 10.00 am. We went to Dina
Malar office and meet Mr. Venkateswaran and he instructed us to go for a Field visit. He asked
us to went to science center located at Kokirakulam, Tirunelveli. He send a local News reporter
with us for guiding us in the science centre.
First we entered into the science centre, the local reporter Mr. Siva explained us how to
analyse a field by the view of Reporter and he told us to visit the field like a reporter. After that
we separated as a group and experienced the nature and technologies used in the Mirror magic
and 3D mini theatre.
We gathered the information about the foundation of the science center. It is
operated under the National Council Of Science Museums, which is governed by Ministry of
Culture, Indian government and it is inaugurated on 19 February 1987.
We also analysed that the people are not consider it as a science development and
research area. Actually it is a place of developing and gaining a knowledge. But some people are
misuse this area as an entertaining place and some youngsters consider it as a lovers park. So
people have no awareness about this science center. Students from schools and colleges only
used it and others like friends gang and family members are consider it as a picnic spot.
Here, there is lot of things to learn and to developing our knowledge. Government
gives us a great opportunity to experienced a scientific things through this center. Due to the
unawareness of people, they are not utilize those things. In my way of observation, these above
are all my opinions.
We also asked the opinions of public and they said that there is no improvement in
the Science center and the contents in the center remains same and there is no changes and it will
makes us bored. That’s what the people are not interested in visit these things.
After the field visit, we meet the local reporter Mr. Siva and discussed about the
opinion of us and the public. He explained that the difference between the view of a Reporter and
Public and also described how to make it as a News. After his discussion, the session was
completed at 2.30 pm.

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Day 4 Report:
Time:10.00 am to 2.30 pm
The fourth day of my hands on training was started at 10.00 am. As usual, we went
to Dina Malar office and meet Mr. Venkateswaran. He instructed us to visit Museum located at
Palayamkottai. He told us to meet Mr. Ulaganathan, the in charge of that Museum.
We went to the Museum and meet him, but he was engaged with his personal work.
So we can’t visit this place. We informed this situation to Mr. Venkateswaran and he instructed
us to visit the Government Hospital. After that we went to Government Hospital located at High
Ground, Palayamkottai and meet the Local Reporter Mr. Selva and he instructed us to visit this
place.
First of all, he told us to visit the Police booth inside the Government Hospital.
Here we visit two constables those who are worked there for the enquiries of some Suicide cases
and Injuries due to fights between the Gangs.
He explained about the duties of those constables in the Police Booth and we
asked some doubts about the cases. He told that the Accident Cases attended by the Government
Hospital would be recorded in the case files wherever the Accidents would happened.
After that we went to the Maternity ward and visit it and the Local Reporter Mr.
Selva told that if there any crime will happens, like the babies died in the delivery due to the
mistake of Doctors, were complained easily through the Police booth.
Finally, We also visit the Postmortem Lab, he explained the procedure the
deceased person’s body is opened and the organs removed for examination and it will take time
for 2 to 3 hours.
The body will normally given to the relatives immediately after the Postmortem
examination has been completed. Funeral arrangements will not be made until the body is
released or the coroner has indicated when release will occur. This is important at all times, but
particularly on Public holiday weekends.
At last we moved from that place, discussed about the visit and we end that
session at 2.30 pm. The fourth day of hands on training was completed.

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Day 5 Report:
Time: 10.00 am – 2.30 pm

The Fifth day of my hands on training was started at 10.00 am in the Dina
Malar office. We went to the Dina Malar office and meet Mr. Venkateswaran, the Sub editor. He
instructed us to visit the Museum. Due to some Barriers, the day before plan was cancelled. So
we went to the Museum in the Fifth day. The Museum was located in Palayamkottai. We entered
into the Museum and meet Mr. Ulaganathan, who is the in charge of that Museum.
Most of the people don’t know that there is a Museum in Tirunelveli. We
entered into the Museum and visit it. It makes me wonder and I experienced many things through
this visit. It portrayed our culture and history of some great Warriors.
We saw the gallery of Umathurai, he is the brother Veerapandiya Kattabomman
was imprisoned by the Britisher in this Room. To remember his activities Umaithurai gallery
was opened where we can find his life history through photos and weapons used by
Veerapandiaya Kattabomman.
We also saw the things like Betel Box, Incense Burner, Hanging Lamps, Pavai
Lamp, Spitton, Kendi made by Brass used by people of Karaikudi in their day to day activities
are exhibited here. A set of metal cost coins from 5th Century B.C right down through the age of
Kushans, Guptas, Chalukya, Mughals, Cholas, Pandyas, Vijaya Nagar and the East India Colony
also adorn in the colony.
We also gathered about Adichanallur which is the world’s biggest megalithic
burial yard. The potteries of red and black ware,iron, shell, gold and bronze which are of antique
value were unearthed along with burial urns and these are being exhibited in the show cases. The
Paleolithic stone implements like hand axe, flakes, themicrolithic stone implements collected
from Sayerpuram and the Neolithic stone implements collected from the Tribal peoples are being
exhibited in show cases. Iron and wooden Boomerangs have been used as warfare weapons and
hunting weapons by the Tribal people of Pandya Nadu. Showcases with dioramas explaining the
occupation, culture, lifestyle of tribes living Tirunelveli district like Kani, Pazhiyar,
Kattunayakar are exhibited. Representing the Tirunelveli folks, their art, culture, dolls, Head
pots, Pavaikoothu, and musical instruments like Nadaswaram, Tavil, Tappu, Flute are also
exhibited.
Many medicinal herbs and shrubs which have been collected from Tirunelveli
Siddha Medical College are exhibited in pressed herbarium sheets. Also barks, oil seeds used for
making medicines are exhibited in glass jars. Marine animals like crabs, fishes, sea algaes, sea
urchins, sea cucumber, star fish and sea horse are being displayed in their aquatic environment.
Nine planets of the Solar system is explained by means of diorama in the Tirunelveli
Government Museum. Minerals and ores namely Crysolite, Limestone, Natuieroits, Amonite,
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are exhibited. Kalamkari paintings oil paintings water colour paintings and patik paintings which
explain the traditional paintings of Tamil Nadu, adorn the painting gallery.
The stone sculptures of Mahaveera, Vishnu, Kali, Durga, some Hero stones and
inscriptions are being exhibited in front of the Government Museum. In 1547 at Ilavelangal,
Tirunelveli Perumal alias Vettum Perumal along with his soldiers was attacked unexpectedly by
Nayak soldiers. In this attack ten Pandiya soldiers were killed. To commemorate the death of
these ten soldiers, ten Hero stones were installed and the stones are also exhibited in the
sculpture garden.
In the entrance, photographs of Tenkasi, Kasiviswanathar temple, Krishnapuram
temple, cave temples mural paintings of Sankarankovil, Courtralam water falls and photo graphs
depicting various handicrafts practiced in Tirunelveli district such as Karukurichi Terracotta and
Pathamadai mat products.
After visiting the Museum, it enrich my learning in various fields, gain
experiences in a new environment and provide a unique setting for educators to teach students
and it provides an effective way of learning. After that the session was completed at 2.30 pm.

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Day 6 Report:
Time: 10.00 am to 2.30 pm
The sixth day of hands on training was started at 10.00 am at Dina Malar office.
As usual we went to meet Mr. Venkateswaran. He instructed us to visit Collectorate located at
Kokirakulam, Tirunelveli.
We went to the Collectorate and meet the local reporter Mr. Nagamani and he
guide us to visit the Collectorate. Mr. Nagamani guides us and explained about the Monday
Petition in the collectorate. Mr. Venkateswaran sir also come along with us.
A Petition is request to do something most commonly addressed to a government
official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer called Supplication. The petition
given especially in the Monday, so the Petition is called Monday Petition.
Petition can also be the title of a legal pleading that initiates a legal case. The
initial pleading in a civil law suit that seeks only money (damages) might be called (in most U.S.
courts) a complaint. An initial pleading in a law suit that seeks non-monetary or "equitable"
relief, such as a request for a Writ of Mandamus or habeas corpus, custody of a child, or probate
of a will, is instead called a Petition.
Collectors collects various petitions from the various petitioners and Mr.
Nagamani sir explained us how to make a petitions to News forms. The Petitions were collected
by the Collector, Sub Collector, District Revenue Officer in the Petition Room. At that day, the
Sub collector distributed the Diaries and Calendars to the Reporters. We also visit the other
Departments in the Collectorate. After collecting the Petitions, the Sub Collector distributed it to
the related departments.
After that we saw the District collector, Mrs. Shilpa Prabahar Sathish, and visit his
room and also visit the Articles about her in the Notice Board. Finally, we discussed about the
collectorate and the sixth day of hands on training was completed at 2.30 pm.

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Day 7 Report:
Time: 10.00 am to 11.30 am

The Seventh day of my hands on training was started at 10.00 am at Dina

Malar office. We went to the Dina Malar office and meet Mr. Venkateswaran. The Seventh day
was a last day of my hands on training.
He explained about the printing machines, after verifying the News and it will
automatically printed in the metal sheets and it is fit to the machine and the paper rolls it fit.
Then the colour chemicals were filled in the Machine. 500 papers were printed within one
minute.
Mr. Venkateswaran and other reporters are encouraged us and supporting us for
completing the hands on training. We are giving Vote of Thanks to them and giving feedback to
them. He also gives us the appreciation and Internship certificate.
Finally the last day of hands of training was completed at 11.30 am.

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Conclusion:
In those Seven days of hands of training, we experienced and learned of lot of things. It
will gives us many useful things and helped us to learn many things about Journalism. It enriches
our knowledge and provides the experience of the Reporters and the stress handled by them.
Dina Malar gives us a great opportunity to experienced about the Journalist life. I thankful to
Dina Malar office and the staffs who guiding me on the hands on training.

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