B.A. Journalism
Program Overview
The Undergraduate Program in Journalism established in the year 2003 aims to develop socially responsible, ethically bound and dutifully committed journalists who can disseminate information with complete fairness, objectivity and accuracy. The program equips students with a strong functional knowledge of the underlying principles and recent emerging trends in Journalism. It offers practical exposure in print, broadcast and new media to enable students to produce reliable media content firmly laid down on the principles of social responsibility and media ethics.
The program is offered in Shift I
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Eligibility Criteria
Standard XII students from any stream can apply for the program.
Fact-Checking Club to Curb the Spread of Misinformation
M.O.P. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with Asian Network of News and Information Educators (ANNIE), Hong Kongfor a fact-checking project. Through this project, M.O.P. joins a network of about 15 other educational institutions across Asia Pacific Region. The main objectives of the Fact-checking project are as follows:
• To establish a collaborative relationship and student-driven fact-checking newsroom on campus
• To build a sustainable operation of fact checking practice led by the students
• To spread awareness about the need of fact checking to the public
• To train future news audiences in logical reasoning, analytical skills and effective content creation.
As a part of this project, a campus newsroom is set to function with regular content production based on fact-checking processes and tools. The executive members of the club are students from various undergraduate and postgraduate programmes of the college. The student coordinators gain hands-on experience in using fact-checking tools to verify misinformation and disinformation. The club members are the ‘Campus Ambassadors’ of the college to spread awareness onfake news and thus the importance of fact-checking.
The undergraduate programme of Journalism inaugurated the M.O.P. Fact Checking Club, on July 24, 2024. Ms. Ms.Induja Ragunathan – The Editor of YourStory Tamil and Dr.ArchnaPrasad, the Principal launched the logo of the club and kickstarted this venture. M.O.P. Fact-checkingClub is a milestone in spreading awareness about the importance of media literacy among youngminds.Ms. Induja shared her valuable insightsonthe effects of misinformation and the need for debunking such information on social media and other online platforms.The speaker highlighted the nuances of finding the right claim to fact-check and offered practical tips to manage objectivity and truth.
