IIJNM is pleased to announce that we've expanded the curriculum to include Television Journalism in the academic year 2004-2005.

Welcome to the exciting, entertaining, and informative world of Television Journalism. Through this program you will discover and master the best techniques of writing and editing broadcast news materials. You will learn the basics of television reporting skills, shoot interviews and news stories, and also get an insight into nuances of editing and news presentation techniques.

Students of Television Journalism will also be involved in regular course work as reporters, camera persons, editors, writers and producers, using highly sophisticated TV production equipments and editing software. This comprehensive program will also explore the management structures, procedures, policies and goals of television news broadcasting operations. It will analyze the technology and methods used in covering news events and the relationships with news consumers.The course will also offer some exposure in Newsreading ina studio situation and Anchoring a story in a field situation. Using and incorporating animation and graphics in news related stories would also be taught.

The program will also incorporate the following core courses and electives.

Reporting and Writing for Television - This course is an additional requirement for only those concentrating in television. Students learn reporting and writing techniques applied in television by adapting reporting assignments given in IJ2001 course. Students learn to conduct television interviews, write, and narrate stories in a variety of formats for breaking news and news features. While the emphasis of this course is not on actual shooting and editing, students learn to develop the story suitable for broadcast outlets. As an intensive course, it runs through the entire academic year (2 semesters), with 4 sessions each week.

Tools of Television Journalism -This course is an additional requirement for only those concentrating in television. Students learn the techniques of shooting with a range of cameras, and edit three using some of the widely internationally used video editing software: Avid, Apple's Final Cut Pro, and Adobe's Premiere Pro. It is offered during the first semester, with 3 intensive sessions each week. This course follows a condensed boot camp when students are introduced to all desktop publishing software.

Advanced Television Studies - This course is divided into two segments: anchoring and animation. In the first segment, students learn the techniques of news preparation and presentation as anchor in news programs. They learn how to read, anchor and moderate news. Techniques of interviewing are honed. Live reporting skills will be explored as required on the field. . Students are also given exposure to newsrooms in television stations, while guest speakers who have worked in local and network television provide further practical guidance.

In the second segment, the focus is on the use of animation in television presentations. Students will learn how to create graphics and animations that may be required to support their news stories.

Television News Magazines & Documentary - Students report and produce stories ranging in length from five to ten minutes, designed for magazine format programs. Students work in small teams on feature stories, investigative reports and profiles. 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.