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PHOTO & TV JOURNALISM

As journalism is becoming one of the most glamourous and highly paid profession. One of the leading streams of Journalism today is photo-journalism. A photo-journalist should not be taken to mean a photographer who can write as well as take pictures. He is a photographer who is able to tell a story with pictures. Photographs reveal as well as inform. Pictures extend our reach, allowing us to see events that have passed into history and what are the facts were involved with a particular incident. Pictures can communicate feelings, emotions and moods. A good picture is first a truthful portrayal of an event.

To be a part of this extremely creative profession, all you need is a keen eye for aesthetic detail and for what is "photo-worthy"; a thorough knowledge of cameras and the technicalities involved in taking pictures, of light, distance and perspective; a sensitive and introspective nature, and most importantly, the guts to take up as a profession, what most of the time remains a hobby.

Establishing oneself as a professional photographer is not a cakewalk. It is really tough to climb the hard and long path after this financial returns, not very satisfactory in the beginning.

It's a profession as well as an art form. For photography as a career, one must have some extra quality, an interest in visuals, an attentiveness to colour, shape and shadow, an interest in light, an indepth eye to visualise the things, in observing how colours look on certain days and lights .

What to study

There are two ways into this career.

The formal
A course or formal training in the subject opens options for working with magazines or newspapers.

The practical
The second is to learn as an apprentice to a professional photographer, which can involve learning the basic jobs before getting to know the real techniques of the profession. Photography is more craft learnt through practise and training of the eye. Technical training and information cannot make you 'see' things unless you have that inner ability, an intelligent, curious and perceptive mind.

Where to Study?

There are degree courses in photography. Three-year integrated bachelor's programmes are offered at
  • Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa
  • Jiwaji University, Government Model Science College, Gwalior
  • Madhya Pradesh and University of Poona, Fergussen College, Pune. Degree courses in Photography (BA 3-year integrated)
One-year diploma courses in still photography are available at:
  • University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211002
  • University of Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur - 273009
  • Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi - 221002
  • Ravishankar University, Raipur - 492010
  • Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati - 517502
  • Chitoor District Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University, Masab Tank, Mahaveer Marg, Hyderabad - 500028.
Some other recognized courses in photography are at:
  • Verve Visuals, 323, CMH Road, 108, Building, Indiranagar, Bangalore - 560038
  • India International Photographic Council, 12, Modern School, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi - 110001.


TV journalism

Since the mid-1980s, TV growth in India has been the fastest in the world. There are now some 70 million television sets in the country, and 45% of them have cable. From the cities to the villages, people are exposed to television. With satellite television bringing in more work, and now cyber journalism making news faster than it ever was before, the opportunities this field offers are tremendous.

Institutes for TV journalism

  • 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
    It (Affiliated to Calcutta University) 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 Course-The University offers two years
  • Master's Degree in Cinema Studies
    Pune University, Ganeshkhind,-Pune - 411007, Maharashtra
    It 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 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 offers six month's course in T.V. Production and Direction.
  • Third Channel Institute of Television Training, Delhi
    It 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:
    • Post-graduate Diploma Course in Journalism
    • Post-graduate Diploma Course in Advertising and Public Relations
    • Post-graduate Diploma Course in Journalism (Hindi)
    • Post-graduate Diploma Course in Radio and TV Journalism
    • 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.