MCD503 : TV News and Current Affairs

Course Overview

Course Synopsis

This course provides a critical analysis of news and current affairs across electronic media. It also guides about the practical engagement with the texts, practices and organization of today''''''''''''''''s news media. News content, including its topics, genres and styles, is examined alongside industry organization and government regulation. An additional emphasis is on the role and duties of newsroom and people working in it.

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course,

  • Students will have practical and in-depth knowledge of TV Newsroom.
  • Students will develop analytical skills and understand the treatment of news.


Course Calendar

1 Introduction to News Profession
2 News Processing and Management
3 Functional Aspects of News Room
4 Functional Aspects of Newsroom (Main Desk)
5 Functional Aspects of News room (International Desk)
6 Functional Aspects of News room (Sports Desk)
7 Functional Aspects of Newsroom (Weather Desk)
8 Functional Aspects of News room (Business Desk)
9 Functional Aspects of News Room (News room and Monitoring)
10 Reporter
11 Nomenclature and Responsibilities of Reporters
12 Costume of a Reporter
13 Piece to Camera Reporting
14 Early News Presentation
15 Contemporary News Presentation
Quiz 1
16 News Presentation (activities behind the scene)
17 Good News Presentation
18 News Bulletin Preparation
19 Assignment Editor
20 Input Editor
Assignment 1
21 Output Editor
22 Film Order
23 Visuals Selection and Arrangement
24 Visual Editing Punctuation
25 Headline
26 Que
27 Catchy News Presentation
28 News Room Management
29 Newscaster's Expression
30 News Rehearsal
Quiz 2
31 Teasers
32 News Bulletin Style
33 Newsreader, Newscaster and Newsanchor
34 Qualities of News Anchor
35 Pre-requisites and Qualities of Newws Anchor
36 News, Current Affairs and Infotainment
37 Current Affairs
38 Field Oriented: Current Affair Programs
39 Indoor Current Affair Programs
40 Evaluation of Current Affair Programs:
41 Current Affair Producer
42 Making Q sheet for Telecast
43 Kinds of Current Affair Programs
44 Headlines
45 Breaking News, New updates news Flesh and Ticker
46 News Sense
47 Economy of Words
Mid Semester Examination
48 News Anchor-1
49 News Anchor-2
50 Body language and on camera reporting-1
51 Body Language and on Camera Reporting-2
52 Body Language and on Camera Reporting-3
53 Body Language and on Camera Reporting-4
54 News and Current Affairs Package-1
55 News Current Affair package-2
56 News Current Affair package-3
57 Conflict zone reporting-1
58 Conflict Zone Reporting-2
59 News
60 War Zone Reporting and Fixer
Quiz 3
61 Live Reporting from Conflict Zone and Security Tips
62 Media Ethics
63 Principal of Media Ethics
64 Ethics for Electronic Media
65 Making of Current Affair program-1
GDB
66 Making of Current Affair program-2
67 Making of Current Affair programs-3
68 News Story Making-1
69 News Story Making
70 News Story Making and Terminology
71 History of PTV -1
72 PTV in 1965 War
73 PTV News History-2
74 News Casting in Past
75 Video Editing 1
Quiz 4
76 Video Editing 2
77 Script Editing and Video Editing
78 Satellite in Broadcasting
79 Working of Satellite and Earth Station
80 Evolution of Satellite
81 Documentary Film
82 History and Evolution of Documentary Film
83 Television Studio
84 Television Studio and Responsibilities of Producer
85 Guidelines for Television Producer
86 Television Terminology; Overview
87 Television Terminology;Camera Shots and Movements
88 Television Terminology;Sound and Music
89 Television Terminology;Light and Floor Manager
90 Computer Graphics 1
91 Computer Graphics 2
92 Chroma Key
93 Background Narration and Commentary
94 Computer Assisted Reporting
95 Pre-requisites of a TV Job
Final Semester Examination