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Students should
choose the required number of electives from the list below. All
electives carry 3 credits each.
(IJ2100)
Political Reporting
This course teaches students how to approach breaking stories and
analytic pieces involving national and local governments. By covering
parties and politicians, from campaigns to press conferences, students
learn the complexities of the political scene. All students with
specialization in national political news are required to take this
course.
(IJ2101)
Business and Financial Reporting
This course is an introduction to business and financial reporting,
exploring corporate stories, industry news, national and local economic
trends, and financial markets. Students learn what news is important
to readers, where to find, and how to analyze and present them.
All students with specialization in business reporting are required
to take this course.
(IJ2102)
Covering International News
Students learn how to go about researching and capturing news on
fast-breaking international events. The importance of distinguishing
facts from propaganda, and the importance of reflecting different
points of view are emphasized. The impact of modern communication
in the globalization process is also discussed. All students with
specialization in international news are required to take this course.
(IJ2103)
Magazine Writing
Long-form narrative writings of the form that have appeared in major
national and international magazines will be explored. What makes
a magazine story different from newspaper reporting? Narrative energy,
the story-telling voice, the shift from observation to insight and
interviewing techniques are some of the discussion topics. All students
with concentration in magazine publishing are required to take this
course.
(IJ2104)
Investigative Reporting
Students learn to write investigative articles about government
policy and other areas by cross reading different published articles
and documents, and by interviewing key players - in search of contradictions
and misrepresentations. Examples of major investigations and other
materials published by Investigative Reporters and other organizations
form the basis of the study.
(IJ2105)
Digital Photo Journalism
This course teaches reporting with a camera. The class will learn
photo-reporting for a newspaper as well as the photo essay that
explores one subject at length. The technology of transferring the
digital photo for the Web will also be studied.
(IJ2106)
Opinion and Editorial Writing
Students are introduced to editorials and opinions expressed in
the media. The course teaches how the subject is chosen, formulated,
and presented. The style of writing editorials and opinions is also
covered.
(IJ2107)
Covering the Arts and Cultural Events
Students will learn to cover different aspects and forms of art,
and learn its importance to daily life. The world of ideas is another
related area that is both compelling and important to human experience.
Further, the impact of "established," "popular" and "emerging" cultures
on society will be examined.
(IJ2108)
Sports Reporting
Much more is involved in sports and games these days than who won,
who lost and why. Complex questions involve the sociology, the psychology
and the business of sport, and perhaps more importantly, the ethics
of sport.
(IJ2109)
Covering Social and Religious Issues
These two distinct but inter-related subject areas are of considerable
importance to a sustainable and peaceful culture and society. Students
will learn to write with an edge about issues of poverty, social
class, labour, crime, religion and spirituality, traditions, environment
and a host of other topics.
(IJ2110) Covering Health and Environmental
Issues
Health issues include those related to the field of medicine, delivery
of healthcare, and environmental health. Environmental issues include
local and global problems related to pollution, contamination, adulteration
and other. The relationship between health and environment is also
discussed. Students will be required to report on stories dealing
with health and environment problems currently faced by the Bangalore
community.
(IJ2111)
Issues in Developmental Journalism
Developmental
issues such as poverty eradication, healthcare delivery, literacy
programs, infrastructure development and others are examined in
this course. The roles of institutions of government, bilateral
and international agencies, non-governmental organizations, and
philanthropy are studied to understand how policies and programs
are carried out, and their impact. All students with specialization
in developmental issues are required to take this course.
(IJ2112)
Rural Reporting
This
course calls for students to carry out their beat reporting in rural
areas on issues that are part of the daily life in villages. Problems
faced by the rural population are examined, and issues dealing with
farming, rural education and vocational training, role of women
and the administration of villages are some of the stories covered.
(IJ2113)
Understanding and Producing New Media
The course will explore New Media through concepts, issues and techniques
related to online newsgathering, writing and design. Some of the
topics to be examined are characteristics of New Media, impact of
new technology, cyber culture, legal issues, credibility of online
news, computer assisted research and reporting, writing user friendly
online documents, information architecture, hypertext and multimedia,
submitting URLs, site promotion, and Practical Workshop. As part
of practical training, students will write online articles and design
HTML pages for their website.
All students with concentration in New Media are required to take
this course.
(IJ2114)
Television News Magazines & Documentary
Students report and produce stories ranging in length from five
to ten minutes, designed for news, magazine and documentary style
programmes. Students work in small teams on feature stories, investigative
reports and profiles.
In
addition, anchoring for television is approached in a systematic
manner with emphasis on hands-on learning. Students directly apply
their knowledge in the daily TV bulletin, Bangalore@7 that
forms a valuable part of real time reporting experience.The emphasis
is on substance and the ability to investigate and document a series
of facts and events in an interesting manner for the medium. All
students with concentration in Television are required to take this
course.
(IJ2115)
Radio
News Bulletin and Documentary
Students produce stories for radio news bulletins. They research,
interview, record and produce bulletins to a deadline, individually
and in teams. They also work in teams on longer programs like documentaries
and features, with an emphasis on research and investigation tuned
to the medium. All students with concentration in Radio are required
to take this course.
(IJ2116)
Radio
Hosting and Presentation
Students learn to use voice and sound effectively. They learn to
anchor programs, read news bulletins, moderate discussions and present
features. They also learn to do voice-overs and narratives and are
exposed to the use of multiple voices and ambient, natural and documentary
sound.
(IJ2117)
Covering Science
and Technology
Science and technology have become very much a part of
our lives that the two are now inseparable. Information technology,
for instance, has virtually taken over our daily tasks through devices
such as personal computers, mobile phones and automated banking.
The media recognizes the need to talk about technology in simple,
layman terms so that the general public can understand even complex
issues. Many newspapers have introduced technology pages, and more
television channels have begun to devote more than a few hours a
week to technology news. Some magazines have appointed Science and
Technology correspondents. Bangalore is a hub of scientific research
institutions and IT related-business activities. Apart from hardware
and software, business processing and outsourcing have become a
very important aspect of business. IIJNM students are expected to
find informative stories from the technology and science sector.
Students will study the impact of IT, as well as breakthroughs in
bio-technology and medical technology, and learn to report on them
in a simple, clear style.
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