Exam Details
| Subject | Reporting, Writing and Editing | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication | |
| Department | School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | June, 2016 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. Define news and explain the elements of news. Discuss the difference between hard and soft news with suitable examples.
2. What kinds of preparations will you make for conducting an interview with a celebrity Explain various Dos and Don'ts for conducting an interview.
3. What factors should a reporter keep in mind while reporting for science and technology or economic and business issues? Illustrate.
4. Discuss the need and importance of development reporting. What kind of skills are required for reporting development issues?
5. What is a feature Write a feature on an environment issue or a human rights issue.
6. How is magazine writing different from writing for newspapers Discuss with suitable examples.
7. What are the points one must keep in mind while writing a script for radio news story Describe how a news bulletin is compiled in All India Radio.
8. Discuss the various reporting techniques for television with suitable examples.
9. Describe the news room functions and the duties and responsibilities of a copy editor.
10. Write short notes on any four of the following:
News Values
Shooting Script
Attribution in News
Caption Writing
Page Designing
2. What kinds of preparations will you make for conducting an interview with a celebrity Explain various Dos and Don'ts for conducting an interview.
3. What factors should a reporter keep in mind while reporting for science and technology or economic and business issues? Illustrate.
4. Discuss the need and importance of development reporting. What kind of skills are required for reporting development issues?
5. What is a feature Write a feature on an environment issue or a human rights issue.
6. How is magazine writing different from writing for newspapers Discuss with suitable examples.
7. What are the points one must keep in mind while writing a script for radio news story Describe how a news bulletin is compiled in All India Radio.
8. Discuss the various reporting techniques for television with suitable examples.
9. Describe the news room functions and the duties and responsibilities of a copy editor.
10. Write short notes on any four of the following:
News Values
Shooting Script
Attribution in News
Caption Writing
Page Designing
Other Question Papers
Departments
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
- School of Agriculture (SOA)
- School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
- School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
- School of Education (SOE)
- School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
- School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
- School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
- School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
- School of Health Science (SOHS)
- School of Humanities (SOH)
- School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
- School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
- School of Law (SOL)
- School of Management Studies (SOMS)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
- School of Sciences (SOS)
- School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
- School of Social Work (SOSW)
- School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
- School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
- School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
- School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
- Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)
Subjects
- Introduction to Journalism and Mass Communication
- Mass Media and Society
- Public Relations
- Reporting, Writing and Editing