BJMC Guru (Journalism & Mass Communication) Study Materials

 What is News Room, Output Desk & Input Desk - Importance of News Room NEWS ROOM The place where journalists, producers, editors and other stuff work together to gather or collect news that is published in newspapers, online articles, magazines, or is broadcasted on radio, television is a News Room.  It consists of two types:- 1. Output Desk (News Desk) 2. Input Desk (Assignment Desk) OUTPUT DESK 1. It is also known as News Desk 2. All the desk-oriented job descriptions such as related to computer are part of this outlet. 3.  It helps in the development of the news. 4.  It includes the department known as “run-down”.  5.  This desk researches, create productions and help in deciding news priorities ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF OUTPUT DESK  1. RUNDOWN - A rundown is a timeline or playbook for a radio or live TV show - ​ It is the blueprint of ideas/information on which a specific show is decided. - ​ It is made by run-down producers. Person...

Newsworthiness - What Elements Makes a Story News Worthy? There are certain elements that makes a news story news worthy, that means something that people would love to know about and it interests them and impacts their life. Stories that are news worthy enough are only reported mainly in the newspaper (there may be some exceptions and it depends on the people reading it too). * Location is very important, something that is happening nearby will make a better news than something that is happening at other place, say another state or country. A person living in Delhi would love to know more about what's happening in Delhi than at Mumbai. It depends on the geographical area the audience is present at, that's why even national newspapers has separate sections for audience's city. It impacts the audience more and hence their reading interests. * Something that the  audience is more familiar with will make a better news, like person, place or event than something it i...

Study Notes for Print Journalism & Mass Communication Some topics will be discussed by me here, not in detail or briefly explained but concept wise as study notes for examinations/tests of BJMC students. So let's begin! Q1 - What is Mass Communication? Mass Communication: Mass Comm is sending messages to a large number of people by various means like newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, internet etc. Q2 - What is Print Media? Print Media: It is part of Mass Media (Mass Communication) where communication to large number of people is done by printed means like newspapers, magazines, journals, holdings, banners, billboards etc. Q3 - What is Print Journalism? Print Journalism is the profession of Print Media where gathering, editing and reporting of news and events is done on printed means and then presented to large masses of people. Q4 - What is Feature Writing? Feature Writing is writing about a feature story that is quite different from a general story. The writ...

Berlo's Model of Communication (SMCR Model) - Communication Models Berlo's SMCR Model of Communication was proposed in 1960 by David Berlo and describes the communication process in it's most basic form. It has four communication components in it which are Sender, Message, Channel and Receiver. The components are affected by various factors and that's how the communication process is done. Encoding and Decoding of message is also done in this type of model. The four components defined are: SENDER Sender is the person or the source that sends the message to the receiver. It's the place from which the communication process starts or originates. There are multiple factors which affect the Sender and they are: Communication Skills:  One of the most important factor, if the person who sends the message has good communication skills then the message will be communicated better than if the person doesn't have good communication skills. Good communication s...

Shannon and Weaver Model of Communication This model of communication was proposed in 1948 by Shannon (Electrical engineer and American mathematician) and Weaver who was an American Scientist. They both together wrote an article called as "A Mathematical Theory of Communication", more popularly known as the "Shannon and Weaver Model of Communication". There are 5 concepts in this model of communication: * Sender is the person who sends the message, basically the source of the message * Encoder is the person or transmitter who uses technical machines to convert the message into binary data or signals * Decoder is the place where signals or binary data is converted back into message. It is the opposite of Encoder * Receiver is the person who gets the message sent by sender * Noise : Physical disturbances caused in environment like crowd noise, horns, thunder etc. or disturbances caused during transmission process. This model was designed for effect...

Types of Leads in a News Story (Journalism) Lead can be defined as the paragraph which we see in the starting of a news story. A well written lead tells about the news story in a few words and the reader gets the idea of it. The lead must be accurate, short and crisp and it should make people continue read the news story. It shall include 5Ws and 1 H. The 5Ws are Who, When, Why, Where and How and H is How (Not necessarily all). A good journalist should know how to make a great lead to attract people to read their news stories. It should not be too long and should be kept in simple words, people should not get confused and it also must be honestly and accurately written. It is written in usually 20 - 35 words and not in more than 40 words. 5 types of Leads are: a) Descriptive Lead - Written in an inverted pyramid format or news format. - It basically starts the article by giving description about the person, place or even in detail. b) Quotation Lead - Includes a quote o...

Departments of the Newspaper (Print Journalism) Basically there are 6 departments of the Newspaper which helps in editing, circulating, marketing etc. so that the newspapers can properly reach to the masses. They are: 1. Editorial Department - Helps in gathering news from various sources - Research about those news and properly editing them - Is pretty much responsible for everything that we see in the newspaper other than advertising - Makes sure that the news is reader-friendly and accurate 2. Circulation Department - Makes sure that the newspaper is properly circulated to the different regions and areas. - Keeps record of the subscribers, handle renewals of the newspaper and notifying them for renewals - They basically take care of everything when the newspaper is printed and is ready to deliver 3. Marketing/Advertising Department - Responsible for the marketing of the newspaper to the public and increase the reach of the newspaper - Provide advertisements in ...

What is Journalism? Sources of News and Qualities of a Journalist Journalism in simple words is collecting or obtaining various news event stories happening over the world and distributing or presenting them to the masses of people. In other words it is a business of timely knowledge, the business of obtaining the necessary facts and evaluating them carefully or presenting them fully to the people. Journalism is derived from the French word "Journee" which means day of work and it indicates the collection and periodical publication of current news and events of the business of managing, writing and editing for journals or newspapers, magazines etc. The qualities of a Journalist are: - News Sense (Connecting the story you are reporting to the readers and have proper sense on what you are reporting) - Clarity and Objectives - Accuracy (How accurate you are with your news report) - Alertness/Nose for News (Should always be alert and skill for discovering things to r...