Monday, 14 September 2020

Less-Known fields of Mass Communication!

Mass Communication is a very broad field on its own. There are countless beats & countless opportunities in this field. In this blog, I will be talking about those fields which are less known but are an important part of Mass Comm. In this blog, I'll be covering Investigative Journalism, Review writing, Column writing & Feature Writing.

  • Investigative Journalism: Investigative journalism aims to search out about the facts and presenting them in an unbiased form to the general public. Many time the investigators may find themselves in situations where the person is recalcitrant and not willing to share the knowledge. These are the situations where investigators should show their talents and gather the first information for the presentation of facts to the general public.

  • Review Writing: Review writing is quite exciting, here the author gets to state the facts about any event, object, happening or anyone and so present his viewpoint on the identical as a summary of his entire research or findings. it's completely based on research and skill of the journalist or author.

  • Column Writing: A column is a recurring piece or article in a newspaper, magazine or other publication, where a writer expresses their own opinion in few columns allotted to them by the newspaper organisation. Columns are written by columnists.

  • Feature Writing: A feature story is a type of soft news. The main sub-types are the news feature and the human-interest story. A feature story is distinguished from other types of non-news by the quality of the writing. Stories should be memorable for their reporting, crafting, creativity, and economy of expression. A feature story, as contrasted with straight news reporting, normally presents newsworthy events and information through a narrative story, complete with a plot and story characters.

    So, In the above-mentioned topics, you got to know that these are also the field of Mass Communication. If you want to make career in any of these fields or in the field of Mass Communication you have to go for best media school. Many journalism institute in Delhi run courses specifically for these fields too. While taking admission keep in mind that degree from government-approved media college will be more worthy. You can also prefer IAAN School of MassCommunication while searching for best media college.

    All the Best,
    Afzaal Ashraf Kamaal IAAN 


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