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SREENARAYANAGURU OPEN UNIVERSITY

B.A. ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
ANCILLARY COURSE

B21JL02AN
NEWS REPORTING AND EDITING

CREDITS: 6

Course Objectives

1. To learn the functioning of news media
2. To gain the skills of reporting for the media.
3. To get an Exposure to specialisation in reporting.
4. To acquire essential language skills for journalism.
5. To understand editing principles and page lay out with hands-on experience.

Course Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

1. possess a general insight into the functioning of the news media.
2. acquire a basic understanding of the significance of news reporting.
3. gain linguistic skills required for reporting for different media.
4. familiarise themselves with the editing and page layout process.

COURSE DETAILS

BLOCK 1: BASICS OF JOURNALISM

Unit 1 Evolution of Journalism
Unit 2 Role and Relevance of Journalism
Unit 3 Trends in Journalism
Unit 4 Challenges of Journalism

BLOCK 2 : REPORTING

Unit 1 News Values and Types of News
Unit 2 News Gathering and Cultivating News Sources
Unit 3 News Story Structures
Unit 4 Trends in Reporting

BLOCK 3 : SPECIALISED REPORTING
Unit 1 Features and Interviews

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