Newspaper with morning tea is mandatory. It is a tradition to begin your day with a steamy bunch of headlines from all around the world. While traveling or maybe just waiting in a line, isn?t a glossy magazine your instant boredom killer? Well, all of this and more fall into this subcategory of journalism called the Print Media. Let?s learn more about it.
Simply stated, print media is the printed version of telling the news, primarily through newspapers and magazines. Before the invention and widespread use of printing presses, printed materials had to be written by hand. It was a painstaking process that made mass distribution impossible.
At first, the news was chiseled in stone. Later, it was handwritten and posted in a public area much like today's posters or read from a scroll by a town crier. As early as 131 B.C., the ancient Roman government produced daily news sheets and informed the public in this way. Through the years, print media evolved to include entertainment, educational topics and more, instead of only conveying news.
The two most common print media are newspapers and magazines, but print media also include outdoor billboards, transit posters, the yellow pages, and direct mail.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN PRINT MEDIA:
The main job of the editor is to refine and filtrate the matter whatever they get from the reporters, as per the policy of the respective newspapers. Editing the story, formatting, re-formatting, doubts clarifications, errors in the text are some of the aspects that they have to handle judiciously.
Reporting is another challenging job in Newspapers, Magazines, TV channels, Tabloids, etc. The reporters cover story from local to international events.
A Columns in Newspaper is written by eminent Journalists, Writers, Academicians. The column can be written on any important topic. The writer depicts the story through different angles.
This is another challenging area in Print media. A cartoonist has the ability to portray a meaningful message through his/her cartoon.
Now a days, photographs are taking the space of writing. Lots of matter can be essayed through single photographs. The photojournalist has its own significance in media.
Initially, the fresh passed out are hired as trainees after that they are promoted for different higher jobs like reporter senior reporter, chief reporter and special correspondent.
Following are the organisations one can find jobs after doing their courses:
Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication, Pune
Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi
Manipal Institute of Communications, Manipal
Amity School Of Communication, Noida
Delhi College of Arts & Commerce, New Delhi
Indraprastha College for Women, New Delhi
K.C. College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mumbai
Kamala Nehru College for Women, Delhi
Madras Christian College, Chennai
" />Newspaper with morning tea is mandatory. It is a tradition to begin your day with a steamy bunch of headlines from all around the world. While traveling or maybe just waiting in a line, isn?t a glossy magazine your instant boredom killer? Well, all of this and more fall into this subcategory of journalism called the Print Media. Let?s learn more about it.
Simply stated, print media is the printed version of telling the news, primarily through newspapers and magazines. Before the invention and widespread use of printing presses, printed materials had to be written by hand. It was a painstaking process that made mass distribution impossible.
At first, the news was chiseled in stone. Later, it was handwritten and posted in a public area much like today's posters or read from a scroll by a town crier. As early as 131 B.C., the ancient Roman government produced daily news sheets and informed the public in this way. Through the years, print media evolved to include entertainment, educational topics and more, instead of only conveying news.
The two most common print media are newspapers and magazines, but print media also include outdoor billboards, transit posters, the yellow pages, and direct mail.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN PRINT MEDIA:
The main job of the editor is to refine and filtrate the matter whatever they get from the reporters, as per the policy of the respective newspapers. Editing the story, formatting, re-formatting, doubts clarifications, errors in the text are some of the aspects that they have to handle judiciously.
Reporting is another challenging job in Newspapers, Magazines, TV channels, Tabloids, etc. The reporters cover story from local to international events.
A Columns in Newspaper is written by eminent Journalists, Writers, Academicians. The column can be written on any important topic. The writer depicts the story through different angles.
This is another challenging area in Print media. A cartoonist has the ability to portray a meaningful message through his/her cartoon.
Now a days, photographs are taking the space of writing. Lots of matter can be essayed through single photographs. The photojournalist has its own significance in media.
Initially, the fresh passed out are hired as trainees after that they are promoted for different higher jobs like reporter senior reporter, chief reporter and special correspondent.
Following are the organisations one can find jobs after doing their courses:
Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication, Pune
Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi
Manipal Institute of Communications, Manipal
Amity School Of Communication, Noida
Delhi College of Arts & Commerce, New Delhi
Indraprastha College for Women, New Delhi
K.C. College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mumbai
Kamala Nehru College for Women, Delhi
Madras Christian College, Chennai
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