We read newspaper or magazines or watch news channels every day. Many of us want to work for these media houses. The main profession associated with any media houses is journalism. Journalism is gathering, processing, and dissemination of news, and information related to news, to an audience. Over the years there has been many changes related to journalism. People who are engaged in journalism are called as journalist.
Journalism is classified into two on the basis of media like Print Journalism and Electronic (Audio/Visual) Journalism. Print Journalism includes newspapers, magazines and journals. In print journalism one can work as editors, reporters, columnists, correspondents etc. In electronic journalism one can be a reporter, writer, editor, researcher, correspondent and anchor.
This profession has demand as media is termed as the fourth pillar of democracy. Independent media is important and crucial for smooth functioning of democracy, hence it brings demands for young people who are willing to become journalist and join the profession of journalism.
There are courses related to journalism which includes Bachelor’s degree or post-graduate degree in journalism/mass communication. Many working journalists may not have studied journalism in the past but at present it is advisable to study courses related to same as there is more competitions amongst job aspirants. There are a number of universities and institutes offering courses like graduation, post graduation, diplomas, certificate courses, etc in the country. There are also courses in specialized areas of journalism like sports, television, photo, press law etc.
There are other skills required to become successful in this profession. Apart from qualification one needs to have ideas of creative writing, ready to travel and have critical and creative mind. As there are specializations in the field of journalism, so, one may choose the area of interest and work accordingly to be more successful in life.
Aspirant may get job in media houses, governmental or non governmental agencies or even in corporate. Some may also become independent or freelance journalist.
Exam Updates:
CTET: The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India has entrusted the responsibility of conducting the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) to the Central Board of Secondary Education Delhi. The Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi will be conducting the 9th Edition of Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) on 21-02-2016 (Sunday) for a candidate to be eligible for appointment as a teacher for class I to VIII. Last date for applying is 28th December.
JEE Main: Admission criteria to Undergraduate Engineering Programs at NITs, IIITs, Other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions, Institutions funded by participating State Governments, and other Institutions shall include the performance in the class 12/equivalent qualifying Examination and in the Joint Entrance Examination, JEE (Main). The Paper-1 (B. E./B. Tech.) of JEE (Main) will also be an eligibility test for the JEE (Advanced), which the candidate has to take if he/she is aspiring for admission to the undergraduate programmes offered by the IITs. The States of Gujarat, Nagaland, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Odisha have joined JEE (Main) system.
Therefore, the candidates seeking admission to the institutions in these states, which were earlier admitting based on their State Level Examination, are also advised to fill in the JEE (Main) – 2016 application form online. The last date for applying is 31st December.
Vocational courses at TISS: TISS Guwahati campus has announced admissions for Bachelor’s degree and diploma courses related to Early Child Protection, Child Protection and one year diploma course in Geriatric Care. Classes would start from January.
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