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Journalism & Mass Communication
Syllabi for Three-Year B.A. (Honours & General) Courses in Journalism & Mass Communication (Professional Lab Oriented Communication and Media Course)
Honours

Part-I
Paper-I 100 Marks
First Half: Reporting 50 Marks
Module One 25 Marks
Module Two 25 Marks

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Second Half: Editing 50 Marks
Module Three 25 Marks
Module Four 25 Marks
Paper-II 100 Marks
First Half: History of Indian Journalism 50 Marks
Module One 25 Marks
Module Two 25 Marks
Second Half: Practical 50 Marks

Part-II
Paper-III 100 Marks
First Half: Mass Communication 50 Marks
Module One 25 Marks
Module Two 25 Marks
Second Half: Media Management and Laws 50 Marks
Module Three 25 Marks
Module Four 25 Marks
Paper-IV 100 Marks
Practical

Part-III
Paper-V 100 Marks
First Half: National and International Affairs 50 Marks
Module One 25 Marks
Module Two 25 Marks
Second Half: Visual Media 50 Marks
Module Three 25 Marks
Module Four 25 Marks

Paper-VI 100 Marks
First Half: Radio Journalism 50 Marks
Module One 25 Marks
Module Two 25 Marks
Second Half: Television Journalism 50 Marks
Module Three 25 Marks
Module Four 25 Marks

Paper-VII 100 Marks
First Half: Advertising 50 Marks
Module One 25 Marks
Module Two 25 Marks
Second Half: Public Relations 50 Marks
Module Three 25 Marks
Module Four 25 Marks

Paper-VIII 100 Marks
Practical
Question Patterns and Break-up of Marks for each module will be in the following
order:
(a) Two Broad Questions consisting 10 Marks each;
(b) One Short Answer-type Question consisting 5 Marks;
This Order will be applicable for every module of all papers.

Part I
Paper I 100 Marks
First Half: Reporting 50 Marks
Module: One
News: Definition; Elements of News; News Values; Objectivity of News;
Reporters/Correspondents; Chief Reporter; News Beat; News Sources; Special
Correspondent; Parliamentary Correspondent; Foreign Correspondent; District
Correspondent; Feature; Photo Journalism.
Module: Two
Specialization in Reporting: Political Reporting; Crime and Legal affairs Reporting;
Public affairs Reporting; Human Interest Stories; Business Reporting; Science Reporting,
Sports Reporting; Film Reporting; Environment and Human Rights; Page-3 Reporting;
Interpretative and Investigative Reporting; Online Reporting; Interviewing; Column
writing; Writing a report on any given topic.

References:
(1) Professional Journalists: John Hohenberg
(2) Into The Newsroom: Leonard Ray
(3) Professional Journalism: M.V. Kamath
(4) Reporting Manual: Sourin Banerjee
(5) Reporting: M.V. Charnley
(6) Guide Line for News Reporters: Sol Robinson
(7) Reporting Methods: S. Kundra
(8) Outline of Reporting: M.K. Joseph
(9) Handbook of Reporting and Editing: R.K. Ravindran.

Second Half: Editing 50 Marks
Module: Three
Principles of Editing; Editor; News Editor; News Coordinator; Sub-Editors; Chief Sub-
Editor; Headline: different Types; Techniques of Writing Headlines; Lead; Intro; News
Compilation; Re-writing.
Module: Four
Editing Agency Copies; Copy Testing; Page Planning; Picture Editing; Proof Reading;
Page Make-up; Cartoons; Page Lay-out; Principles of Page lay-out; Graphics and
Illustrations; Typography; Magazine Editing; Use of Computer and Softwares in Editing;
Writing Editorial; Editing a News Story with Headline.
References:
(1) Basic Journalism: Rangaswamy Parthasarathi
(2) News Reporting and Editing: K.M. Srivastava
(3) News Editing: Bruce Westley
(4) Editing and Design: Harold Evans
(5) Editing in the Electronic Era: M.L. Gibson
(6) Editing Manual: Sourin Banerjee
(7) Journalism Update: Sourin Banerjee
(8) Professional Journalist: John Hohenberg