Wednesday, 26 April 2017

Towards the field of Journalism and Mass communication

It is pretty evident how the face of journalism has evolved over the last few years. From complete traditional print news to now all things social and digital; this phase of Journalism has attracted many young individuals who want to pursue this for a living.

As much as it looks attractive from outside, it is actually quite challenging at the same time. However, the older forms of journalism have not completely receded away but the new forms demand a whole new skill set due to the change in approach.

Popular international institutes of mass media often give importance to new skills while selecting a student for their college. The contemporary times demand a ‘new day journalist’ who is smart and empathetic at the same time. The skills that many institutes and news channels ask for are as follows-

International Institute of Mass Media

•Content curator: The new age journalist should be able to garner potential news from all nooks and corner. News that is worthwhile, credible and can bring a change. The idea is to generate good content for all forms of audience across all mediums- offline and online. If the content curation is good, the audience is going to stick around in this high competition times that will benefit the organization in the end.

•Tech and multimedia savvy: Considering that the last few years have been periods of transitions, the change in news dissemination has transitioned equally. Majorly, the news is posted online in the forms of videos, texts, creative graphics and GIFs to garner possible attention. Hence, being tech and multimedia savvy becomes an indispensable of a skill that is required to build an edge over others.

If you are keen to create big in the new Journalism sphere, then enroll to a good journalism college in India and make a difference with your work and knowledge.

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