PROGRAMME DETAILS
DURATION: 10 months, August to May, full-time (including internship)
ELIGIBILITY:
- Graduate from any stream with or without work experience;
- Final year students awaiting results
PROJECTS:
- Television news reporting
- Feature writing for online and offline publications
- Reportage of college activities for college newspaper/blog
- Editing, designing and production of college newspaper
- Television news anchoring
- Producing chat shows/interviews in studio with guest faculty/visitors/newsmakers
- Producing group television news bulletins
- Capturing vox pops on news and trends
- Visiting the Press Club and becoming familiar with Press Club activities
- Live press coverage of business/cultural/sports events, liaising with PR
ATTENDANCE: Being a practical course, 90 % attendance is compulsory to qualify
ASSESSMENT: Continuous non-exam, project-based evaluation with a final written examination and viva voce; Credit-based, Total: 150 credits; To pass: 100 credits; 1 credit = physical attendance in one scheduled class session or performance in the relevant project or both
PLACEMENT: With leading television news channels, newspapers, content syndicates
COURSE DELIVERY: Commits follows the globally acclaimed and adopted SPADE technique for optimum learning. SPADE technique involves rigorous Self-learning, Presentation, Analysis, Discussion in classroom and Evaluation. Researchers have proven that the SPADE course delivery method is most suited for journalism and media-related courses that are highly dynamic and practical in nature. This sharply contrasts with regular and boring university/college curriculum and classroom lecture-based course delivery.
COURSE DIRECTORS: Senior journalists from online portals, newspapers and television channels; subject-matter experts, activists and authors; field reporters; experienced in-house faculty. The faculty also mentor students who are keen to explore and expand their horizons beyond prescribed projects, tests, curriculum and coursework.
COURSE STRUCTURE:
| Paper code | Name of Paper | Credits |
| PGDJ 101 | Journalism Theory and Practice | 10 |
| PGDJ 102 | News Reporting – Tools and Strategies | 10 |
| PGDJ 103 | Language, Writing and Editing Techniques | 10 |
| PGDJ 104 | Television News Production | 10 |
| PGDJ 105 | Newspaper Layout and Design Process | 10 |
| PGDJ 106 | Political, Business and Economic Journalism | 10 |
| PGDJ 107 | Sports, Entertainment and Lifestyle Journalism | 10 |
| PGDJ 108 | Current Affairs and General Studies | 10 |
| PGDJ 109 | Environment and Development Journalism | 10 |
| PGDJ 110 | Online Journalism | 10 |
| PGDJ 111 | Civic Matters and Citizen Journalism | 10 |
| PGDJ 112 | Media Literacy and Ethics | 10 |
| PGDJ 113 | Case Studies Presentations | 10 |
| PGDJ 114 | Project Report | 10 |
| PGDJ 115 | Viva Voce | 10 |
| TOTALCREDITS | 150 | |
| TO QUALIFYCREDITS | 100 |
