Semester VII
Agricultural Journalism
EC 4104 · 4 (3+1) credit hours
Syllabus
Topic-wise syllabus
Elective course. Students choose five electives in Semester VII.
Theory
26 topics · 42 lectures
| No. | Topic | Lectures |
|---|---|---|
| Unit I | ||
| 1 | Journalism – Meaning, Nature and Importance | 1 |
| 2 | Types of Journalism | 1 |
| 3 | Agricultural Journalism - Meaning, Definition and Principle | 1 |
| 4 | Agricultural Journalism - Objectives, Types, and Scope | 1 |
| 5 | Similarities and Difference between Agricultural Journalism and other Types of Journalism | 2 |
| 6 | Role of Agricultural Journalist, Training of Agricultural Journalist and Qualities of Journalist | 2 |
| 7 | Role of Journalist/Journalism in Agricultural Development | 1 |
| 8 | Role of Journalist/Journalism in Development of Newspaper and Magazines Readers | 1 |
| 9 | Newspaper and Magazines as Communication Media: Characteristics, Kinds and Functions of Newspaper and Magazines | 2 |
| 10 | Characteristics of Newspaper and Magazines Readers | 1 |
| 11 | Form, Content, Style and Language of Newspaper and Magazines | 1 |
| 12 | Standard Part of Newspaper and Magazines | 1 |
| Unit II | ||
| 13 | The Agricultural Story: Types of Agriculture Stories, Subject Matter of the Agricultural Story, Structure of the Agricultural Story | 3 |
| 14 | Gathering Farm Information - Sources of Farm Information: Abstracting from Research and Scientific Materials, Interviews, Coverage of Events. Other Sources: Electronic Media, Field Study | 3 |
| 15 | Success Stories - Definition, Nature, Components, and Guidelines of Writing A Success Story | 3 |
| 16 | Writing A News Story | 1 |
| 17 | Difference Between News and Feature Story | 1 |
| 18 | The Principle of Writing a News Story, Inverted Pyramid Structure | 1 |
| 19 | Organizing the Material, Treatment of the Story, Writing the News Lead and the Body | 3 |
| Unit III | ||
| 20 | Readability Measure - Readability Ease Score, Automated Readability Index, Gunning Fog Index, How to Improve Readability of Articles and Stories | 2 |
| 21 | Use of Photograph in Agricultural Journalism - Basic Principles of Photography – Composition, Exposure, Lens, Light | 2 |
| 22 | Use of Artwork (Graphs, Charts Maps, Etc.). Writing the Captions | 1 |
| 23 | Editorial Mechanism: Copy Reading, Headline and Title Writing | 2 |
| 24 | Proof Reading: Definition, Signs and Symbols of Proofreading, Level of Proof Reading | 2 |
| 25 | Duties of a Proof-Reader | 1 |
| 26 | Layout Meaning, Principles of Layout and Design | 2 |
Practical
10 topics
| No. | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Practice in Writing an Agricultural News Story and a Feature Story |
| 2 | Practice in Interviewing for Information Collection |
| 3 | Abstracting Stories from Research and Scientific Materials and Wire Services |
| 4 | Practice in Editing, Copy Reading |
| 5 | Selecting Pictures and Artwork for the Agricultural Story |
| 6 | Practice in Headline and Title Writing |
| 7 | Practice Proof Reading |
| 8 | Practice in Layouting of Newspaper |
| 9 | Testing Copy with a Readability Formula |
| 10 | Visit a Publishing Office |
Study material
Notes
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