Department of Journalism and Mass Communication- History of Print Media WHAT IS NEWS ELEMENTS OF NEWS Timeliness Proximity Prominence Consequence Human Interest Conflict Other Forms of Print Media

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Print Journalism II- 24203
PRINT JOURNALISM II
By: Ayushi Sachdeva
Assistant Professor

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History of Print Media
 The history of Print Media in India began in 1780, with the
publication of Bengal Gazette from Calcutta.
 The first Indian newspaper was started by James Augustus,
considered as the ‘Father of Indian Press’.
 ‘Samachar Darpan’ was the first Newspaper published in an
Indian language in Bengali in 1818.

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WHAT IS NEWS ?
 News is the information from all four directions i.e. North, East, West,
South.
 News is what makes us known of the unknown facts.
 News can be something unusual.
 News is something which is new.
 News is what makes us aware of the surroundings.
 News is the report of current events, happenings, accidents, politics,
sports, human interest etc.

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Contd..
"When a dog bites a man, that is not news,
because it happens so often. But if a man bites a
dog, that is news" [John B. Bogart]

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ELEMENTS OF NEWS
 Timeliness
 Proximity
 Prominence
 Consequence
 Human Interest
 Conflict

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ELEMENTS EXPLAINED..
Timeliness: A news is worth if it is timely. News later two three
days is of no importance as it would have been on the
first day.
Proximity: It means near and dear ones. In other words, it means
the news from the neighboring countries, and local.
Prominence: Prominence means importance. News should
constitute all the facts which are of great importance
and needs public attention.

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CONTD…
Consequence: It constitutes of the reports, results and effects of
events or something which is unpleasant
Human Interest: This means that news should be on the topic that
interest people, majorly a soft news that concerns
people.
Conflict: News also constitute a report on a serious disagreement or
argument on certain issues or situations.

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Other Forms of Print Media
Like newspapers; magazines, weeklies and journals are also the other
form of Print media. They are published at regular intervals, some
are weekly, fortnightly, bi-weekly and tri-monthly. They also
constitute of information which aware, inform and educate.
A weekly is published once a week and a monthly once a month. A
fortnightly is published once in two weeks. A bi-weekly is published
twice every week. A tri-monthly is one which is published every
three months. These are also known as quarterlies. Then there are
certain publications that come out only once a year which are called
annuals

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SUGGESTED READINGS
 A. Saxena Fundamentals of Reporting & Editing
 M V Kamath Modern Journalism
 M L Stein and Susan F. Peterno The News Writers’ Handbook
 George A Hough News Writing
 Jan R. Hakemulder, Ray Ac de Jonge, News Reporting and Editing
P.P. Singh
 M K Joseph Basic Source Material for News Writing
 Wainwright David Journalism made Simple,
 Hohnberg John The Professional Journalist

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