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Beginners' Guide To Journalism & Mass Communication

Barun Roy
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Year
2012
Language
English
Publisher
V&S Publishers

About

Most books on journalism today are either too complex to comprehend or too superficial. Barun Roy has really done a remarkably good job to fill a long-felt vacuum. This guide introduces basic tools of the applied journalism in simple language. It provides step-by-step instructions to develop skills in the field. Any person interested in journalism, mass communication and in public relations will find this book very interesting, informative and useful. It could even motivate you to contribute articles and features to newspapers and magazines as a freelance writer. Some salient features of the book: *What is journalism? *News Gathering. *News Lead. *Putting the Story together. *Writing in Newspaper Style. *Colourful News Feature. *Headline Story. *Journalism as a Career. #v&spublishers

Contents:

1. News, Views and You

2. Different Kinds of Newspapers

3. Different Kinds of Periodicals

4. Films, Television and Radio as Instruments of Mass Communication

5. Radio in India

6. Television in India

7. Internet as an Instrument of Mass Communication

8. Introduction to Blogging

9. Introduction to Freelance Journalism

10. Freedom of the Press

11. News Gathering

12. The News Lead

13. Putting the Story Together

14. Writing in Newspaper Style

15. Covering News

16. Colourful News Features

17. Describing a Personality

18. The Art of Making Columns

19. Planning an Editorial Page

20. Editorials — Voice of the Newspaper

21. Presenting Sports Action

22. Copyreading and Proofreading for Accuracy

23. Headlining a Story

24. Planning Interesting Pages

25. Pictures for the Paper

26. Advertising

27. Frequently Asked Questions

28. Journalism as a Career

Glossary

Important Newspapers from Around the World

Bibliography.

Related Subjects

  • Journalism
  • Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Adult Nonfiction

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