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TV journalism, News Anchoring & News Reading 

Module 1- Basics of News

Meaning, definitions, nature and qualities, role, what is news, how to decide a news, various perspectives, various mediums, presentation, newsworthiness

Module 2- Elements & goals of news

Timeliness, proximity, size, importance and personal benefit, prominence, conflict, consequence, human interest, oddity

Goals of journalism- inform, educate, and entertain

Module 3- Types of news

Hard news Vs soft news

Straight news, descriptive news

News Vs Information

Module 4- Writing a report

Inverted pyramid concept, advantages of Inverted pyramid 

5W’s + 1H formula

Writing lead/ headline

Module 5- Sources of news

External/ identified/ known/ scheduled sources

Internal/ confidential/ personal sources

Credibility & protection of source

Press releases & news agencies

Module 6- News Agencies/ Newswire

Indian & International news agencies

How it works, gathers news

Module 7- Writing for television

Writing for still, writing for video

Module 8- Graphics

Use of graphics, animation, texts in lieu of visuals, script layout for still/video, Reference visuals to words

Module 9- Television news production

Production stages– pre production, production, post production

Module 10- Production script

News writing guidelines

Points to be kept in mind

Writing news stories, feature writing, anchor-vo, anchor-sot etc

Module 11- Television reporting

ENG (Electronic News Gathering)

SNG(Satellite News Gathering)

Module 12- Investigation

Interview techniques, framing questionnaire, research for content

Module 13- Embedded journalism, pool reporting

Follow ups- need, structure, backgrounders

Module 14- PTC & VO

Piece to camera

Voice over (writing for them)

Module 15- Sequencing and editing news packages

Formats of packaging- VO-Sot, Anchor-VO, Reader format, Anchor-LIVE chat etc., channel packaging, program packaging

Module 16

Reporting in various beats covering soft stories – Economics, sports, human interest stories

Module 17

Difference between news reporting and covering various beats

Difference b/w correspondent & reporter

Module 18- Reporting beats

Coverage of various beats – Civic/Local bodies, Culture, Health, Legal/court, Religion/Festivals, Political, Education, Film/ Entertainment Business

Module 19- Reporter

Tools of a reporter

Functions, qualities, responsibilities, tasks allotted other than reporting

Module 20- Crime reporting

Journalist’s responsibility in reporting crime, sources of crime news, various areas covered under Crime reporting

Module 21- Court reporting

Court Reporter

Module 22-  Reporting Death & Disasters

Module 23- Covering a press conference, preparation, points to be kept in mind while scripting for press conference coverage

Module 24- Television news editing: planning, production and compilation of news program

Module 25- Elements of a news bulletin

Teaser, bumper, sting, promo, intro package, montage, packages

Module 26- Writing lead-in/intro to news packages – headlines writing, teasers and promos for channel

Module 27- Formats for TV news program

News & programming

Module 28- Organizational structure of Doordarshan and other TV news channels

Module 29- News room & editorial department

Editorial workflow

Module 30- Editor

Status, role and responsibilities Managing Editor, Editor-in-chief/Chief Editor, Executive Editor, Resident Editor, Assistant Editor/Associate Editor, Leader Writer

Role & responsibilities of a chief editor

Module 31- News Room

Set up and operations. Conventional and modern news room

Module 32- News Editor – Functions and responsibilities Editorial desks - their set up and functions Chief Sub Editor & Senior Sub Editor Sub Editor - qualities, duties and functions

Module 33- Roles & responsibilities of an anchor, reporter

Module 34- Voice broadcast skills & anchoring – enunciation, flow, modulation

Module 35- Do’s & Don’ts in anchoring- Facing a camera – eye contact – use of teleprompter; live studio and field interviews – moderating TV studio discussions; anchoring chat shows and crossfire.

Module 36- Live shows: Anchoring a show, managing penal discussion

Module 37- Program production

Packaging – Packaging for a channel, packaging stories .Formats of different news channels.

Module 38- Conflict of Interest and Commercialization of the News

Module 39- Media & communication laws

Module 40- Media Ethics

Areas of ethics, context of media ethics

Module 41- Script Writing

Practicing script writing, news program, talk show, preparing questionnaire for a talk show

Module 42- Technical details about OB Van

Its role, functions

Module 43- TRAI

Department & Functions

Module 44- MCR

Working of MCR dept., people involved & their role

Module 45- PCR

Working of PCR dept, people involved & their role