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JOURNALISM

Career in broadcast journalism

Researchers

Research work, unless on super-specialised topics, can be done by graduates (any stream) with interest in media.

Script Writers

Script Writers for the electronic media need a special approach. Formal training helps in effective writing.

Production team

Producers, production assistants, floor managers, researchers and scriptwriters are graduates with a keen interest in this medium. Post graduates in Mass Communication or diploma holders from the Film and Television Institutes also enter as professionals. Doordarshan recruits Programme Executives (PEs) through the UPSC. This is a Group 'B' post and postgraduates in Literature, Music, Dance or Education, in the 21-30 age group, are eligible.

Production Assistants

The official media directly recruits graduates/post graduates who have knowledge of a regional language, besides English and Hindi.

Cameramen

Cinematography or videography are desirable quali-fications. In Doordarshan, Grade II recruitment for cameramen are made through the UPSC.

Sound Technician/Engineers

The Sound Engineer is required to be a Graduate in Physics or Electronics. An interest in audiography, or a degree or diploma in the subject are useful. Generally, a science background at the Plus Two level is preferred for admission to the audiography courses.

Editors

For editing, professional training can be attained after graduation, preferably in science subjects. The best places are Pune, Bangalore and Chennai Film Institutes. Jamia Millia Islamia imparts adequate training in the mass media communications.

Radio/TV Announcers and Newscasters

For AIR and DD, selection is made on the basis of a written test. Voice tests, screen tests and interviews are also conducted for All India Radio and Television. The tests may involve writing announcements, presentation of scripts for special programmes and the like. Entry into private production is possible as commentator, compere, interviewer and script reader.

Reporters and Correspondents for radio/TV news

People with a good command over language and a feel for the medium are recruited for these positions to feed information from various places. Correspondents are employed by satellite channels and various video magazines. A degree or diploma in journalism or mass communication is necessary.

Comperes

A course for compering is conducted by the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai-400001 and is called ABCD, Announcing, Broadcasting, Compering and Dubbing.

Institutes

  • Film and Television Institute of India Law College Road, Pune - 411004.
    Candidates have to clear the written test, aptitude test and then an interview.
  • Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu, CIT Campus, Chennai
    This institute conducts degree courses in direction, screen play writing and cinematography. These are of three years duration.
  • Chitrabani, St. Xavier's College, Calcutta (Affiliated to Calcutta University)
    This Institute offers a one-year course which deals with various aspects of cinema like theory, aesthetics, history and technique, film industry, film stars, censorship.
  • Jadavpur University, Calcutta - 700003, West Bengal
    The University offers two years Master's Degree in Cinema Studies.
  • Pune University, Ganeshkhind,-Pune - 411007, Maharashtra
    This University offers one year Post Graduate course in cinema Studies. The University also conducts an MA course in Mass Communication
  • Asian Academy of Film and Television
    Marwah Studios Complex, FC 14/15, Film Centre, Sector 16A, Noida - 201301
    This Institute offers a three months diploma and covers Production and Direction and TV Journalism, Video Editing and Sound Recording, Camera and Lighting Techniques, Acting and Presentation.
  • Academy 18
    Studio Kabuki, F-7, Sector 16A, NOIDA - 201301
    This offers six month's course in T.V. Production and Direction.
  • Third Channel Institute of Television Training, Delhi
    This Institute offers three months course in Film Editing and Camera.
  • Indian Institute of Mass Communication
    Aruna Asif Ali Marg, JNU Campus, New Delhi - 110067.
    The admission to the four Post-graduate Diploma Courses is done on the basis of an All-India Entrance Examination and personal interview.
    Courses offered are:
    1.Post-graduate Diploma Course in Journalism
    2.Post-graduate Diploma Course in Advertising and Public Relations
    3. Post-graduate Diploma Course in Journalism (Hindi)
    4. Post-graduate Diploma Course in Radio and TV Journalism
    5. Diploma Course in Development Journalism for Non-Aligned and other Developing Countries.
  • Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi
    It offers M.A. course in Mass Communication which comprises Radio/Television, Film and Audio-visual production, is conducted by Mass Communication Research Centre of Jamia Millia Islamia.
  • Satyajit Ray Film and T.V. Institute
    E.M. Bypass Road, P.O. Garia Calcutta-94
    It offers two years - course with specialisation in Motion Picture photography, Sound recording, Film Editing including Video Direction. This is an academic Institution of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
  • ZED Institute of creative arts
    - 1-11-112, Nagilla Towers, Begumpet, Hyderabad - 500 016.(A.P.)
    It is India's first Animation Film Institute of international calibre. ZICA offers a three-year diploma course. Course in Communication technology and management:
  • All India Management Associ-ation and Centre for Management Education
    Management House, 14 Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 and Apple Publishing Technology Centre, A 220 Okhla Industrial Area Phase I, New Delhi --110 020 conduct a professional diploma in Communication Technology and Management for graduates or those enrolled in 3/4 years graduate programmes in Printing Technology/Advertising and Public Relations/Mass Communication/Journalism
News reading courses are conducted by the following institutes:
  • Indian Institute of Mass Communication, JNU Campus, New Delhi.
  • Janaki Devi Mahavidyalaya, Delhi University, New Delhi.
  • Film and Television Institute, CIT Campus, Chennai.
  • Film and Television Institute, Pune.