B.A. Journalism

DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM

To create an intelligentsia which is socially responsible, ethically bound anddutifully committed to disseminate information with complete fairness, objectivity and accuracy.

The mission of the department is to provideeducation judiciously mixed with values and skills needed for students to excel in the industry. The syllabus, which is on par with premier institutes in the country, focuses on enriching and honing knowledge on fundamental concepts of journalism. With hands-on experience in various media like print, broadcast and newmedia, graduates are able to hit the ground running whether they enter the industry or institutions for advanced degrees. Uncompromising dedication to the principles of journalism has gained the department its niche amongst journalism schools in the country.

CURRICULUM

The syllabus is structured in such a way that the papers can be brought under three major categories. They are:

SKILL-BASED PAPERS

Reporting and Writing
Broadsheet
Print Journal
BusinessJournal
Political Tabloid
Online Journalism
Reporting for Radio
Reporting for Television
Photojournalism

KNOWLEDGE-BASED PAPERS

Basics of Journalism
History of Press
Social Issues
Indian Constitution
Economic Issues
Current Affairs I and II
Media Law and Ethics
International Relations
Media and Society

VALUE-ADDITION PAPERS

Media Research
Specialisation (Development/sports/lifestyle)

PRACTICE SCHOOL

Students with the able guidance of the faculty in-charge bring out the college newsletter, M.O.P. News,twice in a semester. This helps them acquire the newsroom experience of reporting, editing and layout designing.

“Ink,” the annual department journal, is a compilation of the best journalistic stories ideated, reported, written, edited and designed by students. A “Best article award” is given to the best story each year.

INTERNSHIP

Students of journalism take up internships both in the print media and electronic media for not less than six weeks at the end of the first year and the second year.

DEPARTMENT CLUB: Present Tense Club

The Present Tense Club helps in enhancing practical knowledge of students through workshops, seminars, film festivals, and competitions. For club members, this is an invaluable exercise in planning, executing and managing events.

The USP of the department club is the extremely successful Box Speaker where students from other departments are invited to debate on current issues. The topics ranging from Representation of People’s Act to Right to privacy are fervently discussed.

GUEST LECTURES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS

Topic	Resource Person
Trends in broadcast media	Rahul Shivshankar, Editor, Times Now, New Delhi
International Relations	Swagata Saha, Researcher , Calcutta
Establishing a career in international relations	Ashwatha Babu, Alumna
Development stories	C S Koteeswaran, senior political reporter, Deccan Chronicle, Chennai
Importance of RTI in Journalism	Siddharth Prabhakar, reporter,Times of India, Chennai
Basics of new media Journalism	Vandhana, senior online editor, DT Next, Chennai
Business Journalism	Dr. Jayanthi Chandrashekar, freelance business journalist, Chennai
Photo Journalism workshop	Jehroome A, Wanderers Media Works pvt. Ltd., Chennai
The weaponisation and victimisation of the factual mass media	Dr. Stef Pukallus, Lecturer, University of Sheffield, UK
Higher studies in the department of Journalism, university of Sheffield	Deeptha Sreedhar, Digital content specialsit, Appearition India Private Limited, Chennai

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

Anagha Natraj of III B.A. Journalism was selected by the U.S. Department of State to attend a short-study programme under the aegis of the Study of the U.S Institute for Student Leaders on Global Environmental Issues (SUSI) at Montana, U.S.A., from June-August 2017.
Kavya Sreekumar of III B.A. Journalism served as the Secretary General of the 2017-18 edition of the Model United Nations hosted by M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women.
Kavya Sreekumar won the best outgoing student of the college award for 2018,
Kavya Sreekumar also won the best internship award for 2018.
Shruthi Siotia won the college award for her community service activities for 2018.
Yagna S won the best essay award for 2018.

PROMINENT ALUMNI

Deeptha Sreedhar is Digital Content Specialist, Appearition India Private Limited, Chennai.
Chandra Ranganathan is journalist, Economic Times.
Preethi Ramamoorthy is senior editor, The Hindu online.
Anusha Parthasarthy is a senior journalist with The Hindu.
Priyanka Rajagopalan and Sanjan Gautam are content writers for Inception Business Services.
Divya Karthikeyan freelances for Firstpost.com.

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