1 ^st Semester

The value of Professional Journalism - Ethics and Norms

1. Principle of communication
2. Mass communication concept and process
3. Reporting and Editing concept and process

Media reporting and editing fields and knowledge

• Political Journalism - Legislature, Executive Branch, Election Commission Functioning, Study of Indian Parliament and Constitution, Political Parties of India, Electoral System, Developing an understanding of Current Indian Politics, Political History and Stories of Communists, Caste in politics.
• Rural Journalism - Indian Rural and Panchayati Raj System, Indian Agriculture, Organic Farming, Pesticides Effects and Side effects, MGNREGA Law, PDS System, Reality of Food Rights, Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan (Education for All Movement), Soil Health Card, Soil Health, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Industry and Cottage Industries.
• Cultural Journalism - History of Indian Culture, History of Religions and its Reporting, History of Communalism and its Reporting, Religion and Politics, Indian Family System, current cultural and archaeological issues and Reporting of Archaeology in India.
• Global Warming and Waste Management Journalism – Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, Waste Management, Pollution and its Effects, Environmental Imbalance, Biological Cycle, Water and Air Space, Noise Pollution, Sociology of Sanitation and Cleanliness, International and National Law on Pollution, and E-waste and its Side Effects
• Crime and Court Journalism - Indian Constitution, Understanding the Fundamental Rights, CRPC act, IPC act, Forensic Science, Criminology, Reporting and Interpretation by District Court to the Supreme Court, Explanations of Supreme Court and High Court Orders/ Proceedings, Pornography, Cybercrime, Child & Women Crime, and Women & Human Rights Commission, cyber law, copyright act
• Investigative and war Journalism - Investigative Journalism, Sting Operations, Audio and Video Stings, Report Analyses, reporting on Kashmir and Northeastern, Problem of Separatism, Terrorism, and War Zone Reporting.
• Propaganda-Handling Journalism - Propaganda Vocabulary and its Understanding, Exposure of Yellow Journalism, Media Corporate relation, Political interference in media, Lutyens' Media and Its Influence, and Understanding of the stories behind the stories
• Event and Sports Journalism - Sports Journalism, Sponsorship, Promotions, Event Management, Event Promotions, PR Relations and Communication.
• Lifestyle and Fashion Journalism - Health Reporting, Wellness, Page 3 Culture and Reporting, film journalism, Dark Side of Socialite World, and Drugs and Abuse Phenomenon.
• PR Relations and Communication – Strategic communication, managing corporate relations, PR tools and technique, client handling, expertise in media relation and case studies.

Photo Journalism

• In this course, we will cover topics from the basics of photography and covers all aspects of photography and photojournalism - from handling newest technologies to handling difficult situations on ground, from understanding the dynamism of the industry to handling people. The teaching is a mix of theory and lots of practical’s in actual working environment.
• The photojournalism course is a major part of Digital journalism course, is a rare learning opportunity. It’s perhaps the only photojournalism course in India that covers all aspects of the profession with such high levels of expertise and in such detail. From teaching how to cover breaking news to sports photography, from shooting spot news, wars, disasters to documentary photography, from handling photo-essays to working with deadlines, from being salaried professionals to teaching ways to be independent photographers.
• It’s a mix of fun and serious professionalism. To get an absolutely hands-on experience, the students will work with in-house online newspaper. This valuable experience provides students a real-life environment of the working of an actual newspaper or magazine. Even during the course, the students start working alongside professionals in the city covering actual news.
• Apart from covering hard news the students work on powerful documentary work across the country that are reviewed and developed throughout the year. To keep with the changing environment in photojournalism, the students are taught the latest and emerging technologies in news gathering, transmission of images and the various forms of display. Keeping this in mind, the students are also taught Video Photojournalism and multimedia, which forms an important part of the curriculum.