TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

Sector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75Affiliated Institution of G.G.S.IP.U, Delhi

BJMCPrint Journalism II- 24203

PRINT JOURNALISM II

By: Ayushi Sachdeva Assistant Professor

TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIESSector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75

History of Print Media

The history of Print Media in India began in 1780, with the publication of Bengal Gazette from Calcutta.

The first Indian newspaper was started by James Augustus, considered as the ‘Father of Indian Press’.

‘Samachar Darpan’ was the first Newspaper published in an Indian language in Bengali in 1818.

TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIESSector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75

WHAT IS NEWS ?

News is the information from all four directions i.e. North, East, West, South.

News is what makes us known of the unknown facts.

News can be something unusual.

News is something which is new.

News is what makes us aware of the surroundings.

News is the report of current events, happenings, accidents, politics, sports, human interest etc.

TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIESSector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75

Contd..

"When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news" [John B. Bogart]

TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIESSector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75

ELEMENTS OF NEWS

Timeliness Proximity Prominence Consequence Human Interest Conflict

TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIESSector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75

ELEMENTS EXPLAINED..

Timeliness: A news is worth if it is timely. News later two three days is of no importance as it would have been on the first day.

Proximity: It means near and dear ones. In other words, it means the news from the neighboring countries, and local.

Prominence: Prominence means importance. News should constitute all the facts which are of great importance and needs public attention.

TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIESSector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75

CONTD…

Consequence: It constitutes of the reports, results and effects of events or something which is unpleasant

Human Interest: This means that news should be on the topic that interest people, majorly a soft news that concerns people.

Conflict: News also constitute a report on a serious disagreement or argument on certain issues or situations.

TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIESSector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75

Other Forms of Print Media

Like newspapers; magazines, weeklies and journals are also the other form of Print media. They are published at regular intervals, some are weekly, fortnightly, bi-weekly and tri-monthly. They also constitute of information which aware, inform and educate.

A weekly is published once a week and a monthly once a month. A fortnightly is published once in two weeks. A bi-weekly is published twice every week. A tri-monthly is one which is published every three months. These are also known as quarterlies. Then there are certain publications that come out only once a year which are called annuals

TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIESSector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75

TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIESSector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75

SUGGESTED READINGS A. Saxena Fundamentals of Reporting & Editing M V Kamath Modern Journalism M L Stein and Susan F. Peterno The News Writers’ Handbook

George A Hough News Writing

Jan R. Hakemulder, Ray Ac de Jonge, News Reporting and Editing P.P. Singh

M K Joseph Basic Source Material for News Writing Wainwright David Journalism made Simple, Hohnberg John The Professional Journalist

TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIESSector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75

THANKYOU