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SREENARAYANAGURU OPEN UNIVERSITY

B.A. SANSKRIT 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
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