FUTURE OF JOURNALISM IN INDIA
Currently,
India is undergoing an unusual media expansion, with penetrating competition
between players in the media industry; the media scenario has become more
challenging. Broadcasters and Newspapers are anxious to get the story first,
which can also be exclusive in nature. As a result the investigative journalism
has also evolved drastically with the existing times.
Journalism
in India has extensive employment opportunities for the professionals these
days. With media houses opening the newspapers or news channels on a consistent
basis, the competition and survival is becoming the talk of the time. The
Salaries are shooting up, but the real question arises whether the pool of
qualified and skilled journalists are keeping the pace with current media
scenario or not?. Without a sufficient number of good reporters and editors,
the challenge that the profession faces is striking and does hope and demand
for better professional standards.
The dynamics
of news delivery has changed. Though print media is read widely and makes money,
but Indian news organisations are now focusing on online technology rigorously.
Through web the ability to search the content and instantly share information as
to deliver the most recent and up-to-date information with others has emerged
as the recent trend among media suppliers and media users.
All major TV
stations and newspapers in India have tossed their own websites to complement
their traditional methods of news delivery. Some are also smearing multimedia
technology, mixing text, audio and video in news reporting, and in some cases,
the real-time as well. Users are able to acquire information on their cell
phones, computers and several other hand-held devices.
In this
media setting, aspiring journalists will benefit most from training on a rigorous,
hands-on curriculum intended to acquaint them with each and every aspect – be
it practical, technical and theoretical,
– of digital reporting.
As never
before, India needs more skillful young journalists who have the aptitude to
cover each and every aspect of the story in detail. There are many well-intentioned,
sincere journalists in the field who lack adequate training, especially in
digital reporting and are practicing the old fashioned Journalism technique to
acquire a story. This suggests a significantly wider mission for journalism
colleges to fill that need.
There are
few, among the dozens of journalism colleges in India that have an adequate
curriculum. The journalism institutes should be equipped and become innovator
in the field of digital journalism education, introducing the multimedia stream
in their curriculum. Students may opt to study in the Broadcast, Print, or
Multimedia streams and gain both a practical focus as well as teaching in
theory.
Institutions like AJMCRC,IIMC,Symbosis,Xaviers, IIJNM ,MICA,
aim to bring about thoughtful impact on India’s media scenario in the years to
come. These institutes allow its students to tap all media sources for
greater placement opportunities.
Extensiveness of their curriculum, resources available, background of faculty,
at the institution, and job placements and awards received by graduates are
noticeable indicators of the excellence of these J-schools.
With enhancement in the quality of Journalism and mass
communication study, we can positively hope for superior news delivery and
reporting, leading to stronger democracy and better governance and in India.
Ms. Garima Malhotra
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Communication Studies
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