Reporting and Anchoring
Reporting and Anchoring
Teacher
Dr. Chinu Bohidar
Category
Core Courses
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Course Objectives
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Introduce the learner to the challenges of the constantly evolving world of journalism.
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Provide the students with the basics of good journalistic writing
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Help the learner to develop the skills to think critically about the News
- The course helps to learn Voice Modulation, live news anchoring and field reporting
Learning Outcome
After successful completion of this course shall enable the student:
- The students will be a good news reporter and news anchor
- A learner can write be a reporter, copy editor and bulletin producer in electronic media
- At the end of this course the learner can organise live shows, group discussion and exclusive interviews with experts of any field
Projects List
- News Report for Newspaper, Television and Radio
- Complete News Packaging
- News Bulletin
- News Anchoring, discussion and program anchoring
References:
- Boyd, Andrew. Broadcast Journalism,
- Broughton, Iry. Art of Interviewing for Television, Radio &Film, Tab Books Inc.1981.
- Kumar, Keval J. Mass Communication in India, Jaico Publishing
- Lawrence Lorenz, Alfred &Vivian John. News Reporting and Writing, Pearson
- Mankekar, Purnima. Screening Culture, Viewing Politics: An Ethnography of Television, Womanhood, and Nation in Postcolonial India, Duke University Press Books, 1999.
- Trevin, Janet, Presenting on TV and Radio, Focal
- Yorke, Ivor, Television News (Fourth Edition), Focal
Module I Introduction to Reporting
- Principles of Reporting
- Functions and Responsibilities
- News elements vis-a-vis Reportage
- Qualities of a Reporter
Module II Reporting Types & Techniques
- News gathering technique
- Reporting- Types of News Reports
- Reporting- Accident, Courts, Society, Culture, Politics, Sports, Education,
- Reporting- Conferences/ Seminars/ Workshops, etc
Module III Anchoring
- The Voice and the Microphone
- Breathing and articulation
- Voice and its function
- Pitch/tone/intonation/inflection/ fluency
- Voice Over: Rhythm of speech, Breathing, Resonance, VO for TV commercials/ corporate videos
- Body language, Studio autocue reading & Recording the voice
- Talk Show Host/ Moderator- Legal pitfalls (what NOT to say)
Module IV Production
- Reporting from the field
- Peace to camera- meaning, importance and use
- Vox Pop- meaning and use
Techniques of Television Interview
Session-6
Qualities of a Reporter
Video 1- Quality of a Reporter
Video 2- Quality to be a Journalist
Session-10
Practice: Write a crime report out of this Press release on Maoist Camp
Session-12
Political Reporting
Practice: Write a report basing on the Odisha Secretariat Service Association MEMORANDUM
Session-14
Practice: Write a Sports Report on Hockey World Cup/ Sports Capital Bhubaneswar/ Khelo India/ IPL. Take visual with data inputs and then file a complete package of Maximum 2 min
Session-17, 18, 19
Project: Video News with complete packaging of political/ Crime/ Political/Business/Cultural news by students of maximum 2 min
Session-22, 23, 24, 25
Practice: Script Writing and News reading using Teleprompter
Session-26, 27, 28, 29
Project: Prepare a bulletin of 20 min
Session-35, 36
Practice: Odia, Hindi and English DTP in Teleprompter and News reading and anchoring
Session-37, 38
Practice: Script in hand with out teleprompter practice, Outdoor shooting
Session-42, 43
Project: on field reporting, video footage, scripting and complete packaging.
Session-46
Practice/ Project: Prepare a Vox Pop on any current topic
Session-48
Practice cum Project: Do an one two one interview with an expert of your area of choice.
Session-49
Practice cum Project: Do an one two one interview with an expert of your area of choice with both single camera and multi camera uses
Our Main Teachers
Ms. Chinu Bohidar, Assistant Professor, School of Media and Communication presently pursuing Ph.D in Journalism and Mass Communication from Berhampur University ( Already submitted the thesis). She has more than 5 years of experience in the field of TV Journalism. She has worked as field reporter, Bulletin Producer and as news Anchor in the leading […]