Mysuru :

A one-day seminar on the topic ‘Benchmarking Teaching Best Practices in Journalism in the changed ICT scenario’ was organised by Department of Communication and Journalism, St. Philomena’s College, Bannimantap, Mysuru, in collaboration with Department of Studies in Mass Communication and Journalism (DoS, MCJ), University of Mysore (UoM), at St. Philomena’s College auditorium in city yesterday.

The Seminar was inaugurated by Vijay Grover, Editor (South) of Tehelka while Rev. Fr. Leslie Moras, Principal of the college, presided over the programme.

Dr. N. Usha Rani, Professor, DoS, MCJ, University of Mysore, was the guest of honour.

There were three panel sessions. The first session was on the topic ‘Need for innovation in media education,’ for which the panellists were Dr. A.S. Chandra Mouli, former Deputy Director, Door Darshan, Dr. Usha Rani, Professor, DoS, MCJ, UoM and Laiqh Khan, Journalist, The Hindu, Mysuru.

Dr. Chandra Mouli, in his address spoke about feature writing, documentaries, editing, content writing, broadcasting, script writing, production and directing.

He called upon the journalism students to be honest and stay updated with what is happening around the world. He noted that journalism students should spend more time in studios, internship and field visits.

He rued that most of the journalism students attend internship just for the sake of getting training certificates.

Sharing his experience of working for Door Darshan, he felt happy that hundreds of TV channels have mushroomed in India these days.

Dr. Usha Rani, in her address, called upon the teachers of journalism to identify the skills in their students and guide them accordingly. She even urged them to make the students become well versed in writing skills.

Laiqh Khan in his address, said, “An editor gives life to a news story.”

He called upon the upcoming journalists to purchase professional cameras to click pictures instead of clicking pictures on their mobile phones.

He urged the upcoming journalists to be honest, inquisitive, curious and to develop their skills on a regular basis.

The second session was on the topic ‘Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice in Journalism,’ for which the panellists were Vasanti Hariprakash, Freelance Journalist and Documentary Anchor; Rajashekhar, Chief of News Bureau, The New Indian Express, Bengaluru and Dr. Niranjan Vanalli, Director, CPDPS, UoM.

The third session was on the topic ‘Use of ICT in Media Education,’ for which the panelists were Prof. Nagabhushan, Department of Computer Science, UoM; Dr. Mahesh Chandraguru, Professor, Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, University of Mysore and Fr. Richard Rego, Head, Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, St. Joseph’s College, Bengaluru.

Valedictory : The valedictory was held in the evening. Prof. M. Krishne Gowda, Head, Department of Kannada, St. Philomena’s College presided. Rev. Fr. Leslie Moras, Principal and Rev. Fr. Bernard Prakash, Vice-Principal, were present.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Friday – March 27th, 2015