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 December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. What is News Elaborate five most important elements of news.

2. While explaining the importance of editorial in newspapers briefly describe the process of editorial writing.

3. What precautions a reporter should take while covering communal conflicts? Discuss with examples.

4. Discuss the challenges of TV journalism in present times with suitable examples.

5. What are the main components of a feature? Describe the techniques of feature writing with examples.

6. What is the importance of sports reporting? What is the process of reporting and writing sports stories? Discuss.

7. What are the differences between writing news stories for Radio and Newspapers? Discuss with examples.

8. What is development reporting? Describe the skills required for development reporting.

9. What are the objectives of editing? Explain the process of editing for print media.

10. Write short notes on any two of the following:

News sources

Letter to editor

Crime reporting

Radio feature

TV script


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