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The
IIJNM News Factory
Week after week,
you will find the lights at the IIJNM lab on all night and the students
hard at work writing, editing and designing the pages for the three
publications they bring out: The
Weekly Observer, Thesoftcopy
and The Beat.
Week after week,
they are at the news factory churning out that perfect story that
makes the difference, with the right headline, the right story angle
with the right picture. To the uninitiated, it would be an ordeal;
but for some it is a passion.
The Weekly
Observer
 The
fourth batch of students have decided to add a touch of substance
to their weekly newspaper by changing its name and masthead from
the earlier 'The New Observer' to The Weekly Observer. So it is
now the TWO for short.
TWO produces
hard news after the Tuesday and Thursday weekly beat. Also, there
is enough number of soft news stories that make the paper interesting.
Friday is the dreaded day as it is the edit deadline. At most schools
elsewhere, the students chill out on their weekends, but here at
IIJNM the students are working on their stories, for Monday is when
the paper has to come out.
The Soft
Copy (www.thesoftcopy.in)
Like TWO, the
online newspaper also got new title thesoftcopy
(earlier it was www.newstabs.com).
 New
Media students have learnt the tricks of the trade. They now know
the difference between how to produce an online newspaper versus
how to write for a print newspaper. In the beginning came a series
of linear articles that lacked internal and related links, summary
and pictures. Articles were long and would scroll down forever.
Now they know
how to chunk them into different headings and into different pages
if necessary. Their design skills have improved too, with new media
students taking turns every 10 days to try their hand at the art
of designing a web page. Every edition they add a new dimension
to the website, whether it is by updating regional headlines automatically
with the help of news aggregators. They are constantly enthused
to keep it fresh. During the second semester, they should be producing
in-depth stories that are multimedia enabled web pages.
Thesoftcopy
is updated once in 10 days, ensuring that the website is dynamic,
pulsating and informative.
The
Beat
 The
Beat is a monthly magazine brought out by the IIJNM students. The
objective of publishing it is to give practical training to the
students in various aspects of magazine journalism. The magazine
is edited and designed by students who have chosen magazine writing
as their specialization. All students contribute articles to the
magazine to make it lively, introspective and interesting.
2002-03
The New
Observer
 The
third batch of students have decided to add a touch of substance
to their weekly newspaper by changing its name and masthead from
the earlier 'The New Scribe' to The New Observer. So it is now
the TNO for short.
TNO produces
hard news after the Tuesday and Thursday weekly beat. Also, there
is enough number of soft news stories that make the paper interesting.
Friday is the dreaded day as it is the edit deadline. At most
schools elsewhere, the students chill out on their weekends, but
here at IIJNM the students are working on their stories, for Monday
is when the paper has to come out.
New Bangalore
Online
 New
Media students have learnt the tricks of the trade. They now know
the difference between how to produce an online newspaper versus
how to write for a print newspaper. In the beginning came a series
of linear articles that lacked internal and related links, summary
and pictures. Articles were long and would scroll down forever.
Now they know
how to chunk them into different headings and into different pages
if necessary. Their design skills have improved too, with new
media students taking turns every week to try their hand at the
art of designing a web page. Every week they add a new dimension
to the website, whether it is by updating local headlines daily,
or adding a java script here and a mouse-over effect there. They
are constantly enthused to keep it fresh. By the end of the semester,
they should be producing in-depth stories that are multimedia
enabled web pages.
NBO is updated
both on a weekly and daily basis, ensuring that the website is
dynamic, pulsating and informative.
The Beat
The
Beat is a monthly magazine brought out by the IIJNM students.
The objective of publishing it is to give practical training to
the students in various aspects of magazine journalism. The magazine
is edited and designed by students who have chosen magazine writing
as their specialization. All students contribute articles to the
magazine to make it lively, introspective and interesting.
NBO is revamped,
re-energized and reinvigorated!
 The
sThe second batch of students produced their first edition of
New
Bangalore Online (NBO). Mr. Rohit Biddappa, Marketing Specialist
of Cadence Design Systems (I) Private Limited launched the online
magazine on March 6 2002.
Mr. Biddappa
feels that "a curriculum based on hands-on experience is something
very much needed in today's milieu of emerging new media technologies,
and I am very happy to see that IIJNM is doing that in a wonderful
way."
"New Media
is here to stay and I am very happy to see that the students are
working on it with so much of enthusiasm," he added.
Online
magazine with a difference!
 NBO
differs from other students websites by producing original news
content, themes and design. The class, divided into three groups,
diligently worked day and night to produce fresh content. Instead
of merely culling out news headlines from other news agencies,
NBO produces news material based on themes related to Bangalore.
Essentially, NBO tells you what makes Bangalore tick, based completely
on first hand investigation and information.
The first
edition of NBO had numbers for its theme. All the stories were
related to numbers symbolically and literally. Consider the case
of the first ever cyber police station in south Asia, or the story
related to the increasing number of Bangaloreans migrating to
Australia, Canada and New Zealand, or the first ever government
based hotline for women, 699 5000.
In addition
to theme-based news stories, NBO has other regular features that
include links to journalism and Bangalore resources. The online
magazine is updated regularly each day, ensuring that the website
is dynamic, pulsating and informative.
The beat
Launched
 The
beat, a monthly magazine brought out by IIJNM students, was launched
on March 6, 2002 by Mr. R Devdas, senior advisor to The George
Foundation.
The magazine
is edited and designed by three students, who have chosen magazine
writing as their specialization. All students will contribute
articles to the magazine, which, in the words of the editorial
team, "will introduce to readers the people, the places, and the
cultural reflections of Bangalore, a city that is in a continuous
process of self-discovery."
The beat has
been launched with the objective of giving practical training
to the students in various aspects of magazine journalism. The
beat is the third publication of the IIJNM students. The other
two are The New Scribe, a weekly newspaper launched last year,
and the newbangaloreonline.com,
a web magazine.
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