B.A. Journalism

DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM

The vision of the department is to create an intelligentsia which is socially responsible, ethically bound and dutifully committed to disseminate information with complete fairness, objectivity and accuracy.

The department aims to provide education 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 new media, graduates are able to hit the ground running whether they enter the industry or educational 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
Photo Journalism
Political Tabloid
Business Journal
Reporting for Radio
Reporting for Television
Reporting for Television
Print Journal
Online Journalism

KNOWLEDGE-BASED PAPERS

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

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 second year

DEPARTMENT CLUB: Present Tense Club

The Present Tense Club helps in enhancing practical knowledge of students through workshops, seminars and intercollegiate and interdepartmental 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 also 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

Date	Topic	Resource person
25.06.2018	Peace Journalism	Mr. Chintan Girish Modi Peace educator & Freelance journalist Mumbai
14.08.2018	Radio production	Ms. Rajshree Bhadra Former AIR Kolkata programme executive Chennai
16.08.2018	Practical tips on field reporting	Mr. C.S Kotteswaran Assistant Editor DTNext, Chennai
22.08.2018	South Asian balance	Mr. R.K Radhakrishnan Associate Editor Frontline, Chennai
7.09.2018	Reporting for New media	Ms. Manasa Rao Journalist The Newsminute, Cennai
11.09.2018	Journalism and youth in politics	Ms. Navika Kumar Managing Editor Times Now, New Delhi
25.09.2018	Political reporting by regional channels	Mr. Rangaraj Pandey Former Editor-in- chief Thanthi TV, Chennai
10.01.2019	Layout and design	Ms. Poorani Journalist The New Indian Express, Chennai
8.02.2019	How to file an RTI	Mr. Ram Journalist The Times of India, Chennai
13.02.2019	Story ideas for business reporting and managing sources.	Ms. Sangeetha Kandavel & Mr. Sanjay Vijaykumar Business Correspondents The Hindu, Chennai
14.02.2019	Budget analysis and quarterly Analysis	Ms. Harini Subramani Journalist The Mint, Chennai
19.02.2019	Lecture demonstration on news cartoons: Indian chapter	Mr. Keshav Venkatraghavan Cartoonist The Hindu, Chennai
19.02.2019	The changing eco-system in media	Mr. Panneerselvan Readers’ Editor The Hindu, Chennai
8.03.2019	Digital verification of fake news	Ms. Kanchan Kaur Dean IIJNM (Bangalore)

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

Afra Fathima S and Subhikshaa S S of III B.A. Journalism interned at Kashmir Reader, Kashmir, April-June 2018.
Sree Keerthi of II Journalism won best Radio Programmer for M.O.P. CRS award for 2018-2019.
Anagha Natraj of 2015-2018 batch 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 2015-2018 batch 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 of 2015-2018 batch won the college award for her community service activities for 2018.

PROMINENT ALUMNI

Deeptha Sreedhar is Digital Content Specialist, Appearition India Private Limited, Chennai.
Preethi Ramamoorthy is senior editor, The Hindu online, Chennai.
Chandra Ranganathan Srikanth is Chief of Bureau , South India for ET Now, Bengaluru.
Janani Suri is doing her masters in Communication at Cardiff University, UK.
Sanjana C is doing her masters in Communication at Deakin University, Australia.
Anagha Natraj is a Young India Fellow at Asoka University, Sonipat, Haryana.
Mythreyee Iyer completed her masters in Mass Communication at SIMC Pune, and works as journalist at The Quint, New Delhi.
Ananya Desikan completed her Broadcast Journalism course at the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai and is now a Content and Script writer specialist at Social Beat.
Madhumitha Viswanath completed her Online Journalism course at the Asian College of Journalism. She covers the civic issue beat as reporter, The New Indian Express, Chennai.
Sukshma R completed her Online Journalism course at the Asian College of Journalism. She works at Asia Ville News.com, Chennai.

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