Reporting and Anchoring

By Parmita Dhar |

Learners enrolled: 274

Welcome to the massive open online course on Reporting & Anchoring. It is for B.A. (HONS) Multi Media and Mass Communication under Under Choice Based Credit System.

Brief about the course:

This course is designed keeping the media enthusiasts in mind as it would provide a clear perspective about Reporting & Anchoring. The course will help students to understand how reporting is done and the basics of anchoring. The modules are designed to provide the inquisitive minds a better understanding of the most challenging part of media profession.

Course Objective:

• Understand the types of media

• Learn about the qualities and skill set required for Reporting & Anchoring

• Learn about verbal & non verbal communication

• Acquire an idea about the technology

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Multidisciplinary
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	07 Feb 2022
End Date :	17 Apr 2022
Enrollment Ends :	17 Apr 2022
Exam Date :

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Course layout

Week 1

1 Introduction to reporting: Principles of Reporting Functions & responsibilities

2 News elements vis-a-vis Reportage & Qualities of a Reporter

3 History of Broadcasting

Week 2

4 Development of AIR after Independence

5 Coming of FM in India & Starting of Private FM channels

6 Initiation of Private News Coverage in India

Week 3

7 Ham Radio & Community Radio

8 Television Audiences & Cultural Impact; Gestalt Theory

9 News Gathering and Reporting: Types and Techniques

Week 4

10 Reporting Types and Techniques

11 Introduction to Videography

12 Types of Video Camera & Their Selection

Week 5

13 Writing The Audio Visual Script

14 Writing For News & Current Affairs

15 Writing To Pictures

Week 6

16 Breaking news For TV Journalism

17 Radio Journalism & Its Language

18 Semiotics 1: Index, Icon, Symbol, Codes of Visual Representation

Week 7

19 Semiotics 2: Paradigmatic & Syntagmatic Representation

20 Reporting skills & Research For TV Journalism

21 Target audience and research in Public Speaking

Week 8

22 Television Audience Measurements

23 Speak into me

24 Voice Over and its Various Facets

Week 9

25 Television News Anchoring

26 Honing Your Interview Skills

27 Field Reporting for Television

Week 10

28 Piece to camera

29 Techniques of Television Interview

30 Common Legal Issues

31 Code of Journalistic Ethics & Professional Morality

Books and references

1. Herbert Zettl , Television Production Handbook.

2. Allen , Robert c and Hill Annette Hill ,The Television Reader,

Routledge, Ed- 2004.

3. News Bulletins in English and Hindi on National and Private

Channels (as teaching material).

4. Debates and Talk Shows on National and Private Channels (as

teaching material).

Instructor bio

Parmita Dhar

Ms Dhar has been a communication and soft skills trainer for the past 15 years. A Former Senior Faculty of Footwear Design and Development Institute, Kolkata and former RJ of All India Radio, Kolkata. She has taught in Media and Management institutes of repute.

Parmita Dhar has done her masters in Journalism & Mass Communication from the University of Calcutta with specialization in Newspaper Management & International Communication.
Her area of competency includes: