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Syllabus for the post of Educator cum Studio Assistant advertised vide Notification No. 06 of 2020 under item No. 180 and 191.
The Syllabus for the post of Educator Cum Studio Assistant (Higher Education Department) advertised vide Notification No. 06 of 2020 under item No. 180 and 191 notified in the advance notice vide Notice No. JKSSB-COEOEXAM/UT/1o/2023 04 (7055504) dated 03-01-2025 shall now be read as in Annexure “A” to this notice.
MASS COMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION (INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM)
CREDITS: THEORY – 04 PRACTICAL – 02
Course OBJECTIVES :
1.) To, introduce students to the basics of journalism.
2.) acquaint them with basic process of journalism.
3.) To develop the basic skills o journalism.
4.) To introduce students to the technical terms/jargon journalism.
THEORY (4 CREDITS)
UNIT-I • Journalism as a profession: Concept, nature and scope
• Journalism and democracy; Concept of Fourth Estate
• Job of a journalist, Qualities and skills of a journalist
UNIT II
• What is News. Understanding what makes news; News Values
• Types of News
• Features or components of a news story
UNIT III
• Five ‘W’s and One ‘H’: the Main Elements of News
• Generating story ideas
• Sources of news
UNIT IV
• Gathering information : Observation. Interviews. Documents. Internet
• Attribution & Verification; Multi-Sourcing
• Changing trends in Journalism
• Basic journalism terminology
PRACTICALS (2 CREDITS)
Practical (work based on relevant theory topics)
SUGGESTED READINGS :
1.Elements of Journalism. Bill Kovach & Tom Rosenstiel
2. Hough. (icing( (/994/ News Writing. Houghton College
3. Hurd up. Tony (2009) Journalism Principles & Practices. haulm Sage.
4 .Smith. John (2007) Essential Reporting. London: Sage
5. Mender. Melvin (2011) News Reporting and Writing New York’ McGraw-Hill
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