Have you heard about these kinds of Reporters?

 Have you ever heard the term stringers?, Do you know how they work? How they are hired? I am sure that you must have heard about them but it is possible that you know very little about them. In this blog, we will get to know about them and we will also try to differentiate between a stringer and a reporter.

Let us start with stringers, stringers are those who are associated with multiple organizations at a time. They are a kind of reporter who reports news on a commission basis. He/She gets paid as per the news individually whereas reporters or correspondents are associated with an organization and their salary is fixed. One can be a stringer even without any degree from the best media school but a degree/diplomain journalism and mass communication is a must for a reporter.

As stringers are freelancers, they do not receive any regular/fixed salary and the amount and type of work are typically voluntary and it fluctuates as well. However, stringers often have an ongoing relationship with one or more news organizations, to which they provide content on particular topics or locations when the opportunities arise.

Previously, they were paid on 'per inch text published' basis but with the time it changed and now they are being paid as per the news/content. They also earn through 'commission-based advertisement', they collect some local advertisements for newspaper and in the return newspaper organizations pay them a fixed commission per advertisement. Many of the stringers are not full time but they are doing it in their leisure time. Parallelly they run a business or shop or anything else.

Now, you must be thinking about how they are hired. Let us move to this question now. They are not hired but they contact the news organizations that they want to be 'stringer' for them. As this is a win-win situation for any organization, they don't hesitate in hiring them. I said this win-win situation because they don't have to pay them for free. They have to pay them only when news/content will be brought to their table. So it is a win-win situation, isn't it?

Whereas reporters study in one of the best media college, they do some internships, then they get placed in some organization with a fixed salary. Nowadays, the culture of the bestonline media college is also on-trend. So they can do their study from the comfort of their home as well. If you will ask my opinion, I would suggest going for being a reporter rather than being a stringer. The career of stringers are very uncertain but the reporters' career is too much stable
 
 
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Afzaal Ashraf Kamaal

IAAN

Know the colleges of some most known News Readers

 Anchors are the face of any news channel. We know the name of the channel because of the anchor. In the age of Digital media, clips of anchoring become viral. In this blog, we will know about some top anchors of the media industry. Also, we will try to understand the process of becoming an anchor and how can you pursue your career in anchoring. We have compiled a list of four anchors as per their face value. For the last some days, the way of journalism is being questioned by some anchors. We will discuss that in some other blog.

Anjana Om Kashyap: Anjana Om Kashyap is an Indian journalist and anchor. She is an executive editor of the Hindi news channel Aaj Tak. Anjana's first job was as a counselor at Daewoo Motors; however, she did not like the job and resigned after about a year Then joined an NGO in the roles of a legal counselor, for slum-dwellers. She has completed her study from one of the best journalism colleges in Delhi i.e., Jamia Milia Islamia. After some ups and downs in starting of her career, she settled herself and made a name in the world of Journalism

.Ravish Kumar: Ravish Kumar is an Indian journalist, author, and media personality. He is the Managing Editor of NDTV India, the Hindi news channel of the NDTV news network and hosts a number of programs including the channel's flagship weekday show Prime Time, Hum Log and Ravish Ki Report. Ravish has done Post Graduate Diploma in Hindi Journalism from one of the Topbest Mass Madia institutes in Delhi i.e., IIMC.

Arnab Goswami: Arnab Ranjan Goswami is an Indian journalist and television news anchor, who is the editor and majority owner of the news channel Republic TV. He is also president of the News Broadcasting Association's governing board. Arnab is not a Mass Communication graduate and he didn't pursue a degree from any Media college in Delhi. He is a graduate of Hindu College in Sociology Hons

Rajdeep Sardesai: Rajdeep Sardesai is an Indian news anchor, author. He is a consulting editor at the India Today group and hosts the 9:00 p.m prime time show on India Today TV. He was the Editor-in-Chief of Global Broadcast News, which included CNN-IBN, IBN7, and IBN-Lokmat; he resigned in July 2014. Rajdeep too didn't do any Journalism course in Delhi or from anywhere else.

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Afzaal Ashraf Kamaal
IAAN

खबर लिखना एक कला है और आपको कलाकार बनना है

अखबारों में आप खबरें पढ़ते हैं, टीवी में आप खबरें देखते हैं और रेडियो में आप खबरें सुनते हैं। क्या कभी भी आपके दिमाग में ये सवाल आया कि इन खबरों को आखिर लिखता कौन है। कोई तो लिखता है, तभी आपको दिखता है।

आज इस ब्लॉग में आपको इसी सवाल का जवाब मिलेगा। सिलसिलेवार ढंग से हम न्यूज़ लिखने वालों को समझेंगे और अंत में ये समझने को कोशिश करेंगे कि आप इस क्षेत्र में कैसे जा सकते हैं और कैसे अपना भविष्य निखार सकते हैं।

टीवी में, अखबारों में, डिजिटल पे और रेडियो पे जो भी खबरें आती हैं उन्हें अलग लोग लिखते हैं। इन सभी माध्यमों का लेखन भिन्न होता है। ऐसा नहीं हो सकता कि जो टीवी के लिए लिखा गया है उसे हम अखबार में छाप दें या फिर को अखबार के लिए लिखा गया है उसे रेडियो पर पढ़ दें। तो सबसे पहली बात तो यही ध्यान में रखनी होगी कि हर तरह का लेखन अपने आप में अलग होता है। जब आप किसी Best Media College से पढ़ाई करेंगे तो वे आपको ये सारी चीज़ें बहुत विस्तार से समझाएंगे।

दिल्ली का ही एक Best Media School जो कि न्यू फ्रेंड्स कॉलोनी में स्थित है IAAN School of Mass Communication बहुत बेहतरीन तरीके से बच्चों में मीडिया के प्रति समझ विकसित करता है।

किसी भी government approved media college में हर तरह का मीडिया लेखन, उसका स्ट्रक्चर, तरीका, फॉर्मेट ना सिर्फ समझाया जाता है बल्कि बार बार प्रैक्टिस के माध्यम से किसी भी छात्र का निपुण बनाया जाता है। वो कहते हैं ना कि 'करत-करत अभ्यास से जड़मति होत सुजान'। तो बस इतना समझ लीजिए कि प्रैक्टिस के माध्यम से ही आप इस तरह के लेखन में निपुण बन सकते हैं।

आप शुरू से ही बहुत अच्छे वेतन की उम्मीद कर सकते हैं। छोटे मीडिया हाउस अपने कर्मचारियों को बहुत कम वेतन देते हैं। यदि आप एक अच्छे और प्रतिष्ठित मीडिया हाउस से अपना करियर शुरू कर रहे हैं, तो आप अपनी पढ़ाई पूरी होने के बाद प्रति माह 15-20 हजार की उम्मीद कर सकते हैं। यह अनुभव के साथ बढ़ता जाता है। शुरू के 6-8 महीने अगर आपकी किसी अच्छे संस्थान को इंटर्नशिप के तौर पर दे देते हैं तो इससे आपकी मीडिया इंडस्ट्री में ना सिर्फ पहचान बन जाती है बल्कि आगे काम मिलने में भी आसानी होती है।

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अफजाल अशरफ कमाल
IAAN