NDTV needs Assistant Producer (PCR)

NDTV needs Assistant Producer (PCR) in New Delhi. Work experience: -1 - 5 years. Job Specifications: Fair practical knowledge of important PCR functions. Working knowledge of editing, camera, graphics, shoots, creativity and adaptability to challenges. Should deliver assigned tasks on time and should possess creativity and lateral thin...more

Media should self-introspect: Vinod Mehta

Media Hive News Network, Mumbai: Outlook group editorial advisor Vinod Mehta has asked the media to do self-introspection and if necessary, self-correction in the coverage of sensitive news.
At a panel discussion hosted by television journalist Arnab Goswami on the occasion of the annual Mumbai Press Club awards on Saturday night, Mehta said, "The race for news is...more

Workshop on Career in TV Journalism in Delhi

Media Hive News Network, Mumbai: Outlook Media is organising Brainwash, a three-day seminar-cum-workshop on TV journalism, from May 17 to 19, 2012, in New Delhi.
Brainwash is designed exclusively for TV journalism students, freshers and aspirants who are willing to get first hand opinion about career issues like jobs, internships, growth-sustainability, work culture, future  prospects, industry’s...more

Murdoch not fit to run a big firm: UK Parliament

A UK parliamentary committee report on Tuesday accused two senior executives and an editor at Rupert Murdoch’s media empire of misleading MPs over Britain’s phone hacking scandal.The committee on culture, media and sports also declared that 81-year-old Australian-born media tycoon is not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company. “In failing to investigate properly, and by...more

Openings for journalists in Banglore, Delhi, Mumbai

While NDTV Gadgets needs technical journalists (up to 5 years experience)/ Freshers in Delhi,The Times of India needs Copy Editor/Senior Copy Editor with 2-5 years of experience in Bangalore.TV News International, an International TV Network, requires a business correspondent in Mumbai. For details of these jobs & other latest jobs in media industry, click here...more
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Book Review: The Asocial Networking

Manish Kumar (Media Hive News Network): It is interesting and ironical to see ourselves socialising with the help of gadgets when we could actually socialise with the person standing next to us. For those who exhibit their social lives online, The Asocial Networking offers tricks to master the art of networking and garner tangible gains in the real world. The book...more

Katju assails contract job system for journalists

Media Hive News Network: Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Justice Markandey Katju on Wednesday criticised the contract employment system for journalists, saying it amounted to exploitation by the media houses. Speaking at a function in Pune, Katju said, "Contract employment system exploits journalists in the absence of job security. It is not...more
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Kuldip Nayar to oppose SC guidelines on media

Media Hive News Network: Senior journalist Kuldip Nayar on Wednesday said he would lead a movement against the proposed Supreme Court guidelines to the media on court reporting. Speaking at the VK Narasimhan Centenary Homage ceremony in Bangalore, he said, "I will...more
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Assam government to start own TV channel

Media Hive News Network: Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi is following his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee's footstep. Two days after Mamata's decision to launch a government-run television channel and a newspaper, Gogoi also announced plans to start a TV channel by...more
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Book Review: TV News Writing Made Easy for Newcomers

Abhishek Kumar (Media Hive News Network): With the increased demand for competent electronic media professionals, TV journalism has become an attractive career option for students. Though there are many books on TV journalism, yet a very few cater to newcomers. TV News Writing Made Easy for Newcomers by Ravi M Khanna is, however, one such book which tells students the basics that can equip them to do their job...more
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The Hindu's journalist wins international essay contest

Media Hive News Network: The Hindu's journalist, Vikas Prakash Joshi, a sub-editor based in Bangalore, has won the Centre for International Private Enterprise's (CIPE) fourth annual essay writing competition for 2011. Joshi's essay, The world's youngest democracy: Empowering India's youth, won the first place in the “Democratic transitions” category...more

Bofors was game-changer for Indian politics & journalism

Media Hive News Network: N. Ram, former Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu in an interview published in the paper recently discussed the challenges and excitement of covering Bofors story. He described Bofors as a game-changer for both Indian politics and journalism. To read the full interview click here.....more

Jamia's Mass Comm exam form available; Last date May 3

Davesh Singh (Media Hive News Network): A J Kidwai Mass Communication Research Centre has started the sale of entrance exam forms for its various courses, including M.A. in Mass Communication; M.A. in Convergent Journalism and P.G. Dip in Development Communication etc. The last date of submitting the application form is May 3, 2012. To download form and see last year's question papers, click here...more
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Feature: How to write a radio play

Dr. Mrinal Chatterjee (Media Hive News Network): Radio is an extraordinary medium. A radio play can travel through time and space, between centuries and continents. It can take place in an aeroplane, down a goldmine, on a ship; it can also take place within the confines of somebody's mind.....more

Opinion: Don't muzzle the people

Sidharth Bhatia: Every now and then there is a call for controlling the social media. The "social media" and the alleged transgressions committed on it are seen as irresponsible and fully capable of causing all manner of harm - from communal riots, to spreading hatred among communities, to....more

Feature: History of Urdu Journalism in India

Dr. Mrinal Chatterjee (Media Hive News Network): Contrary to popular perception, Urdu is not the language of Muslims. It was a lashkari (soldier) language (the word ‘Urdu’ comes from the Turkish word ‘ordu’ meaning ‘camp’ or ‘army’), nourished during the period of Mughal...more
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