NDTV Needs Stringer in Bhubaneswar / Guwahati

Media Hive News Network: NDTV is looking for Stringer in Bhubaneswar/Guwahati. The required work experience: 2 – 3 years in TV channel. People based in Bhubaneswar / Guwahati need only apply. Job profile include consistently cover all major news stories, developing existing news sources and Well versed with the local area etc. Required Qualification: Graduate in Journalism. Fore more details and to apply, visit our JOBS section...more
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DU Not to Hold Entrance Test for BA in Journalism

Media Hive News Network: Contrary to the previous trend there would be no entrance test for English journalism degree course of Delhi University this time. However, the admission in Hindi Journalism will be only done through an entrance test. The Journalism (Hons) in English has now been named as Bachelors of Journalism and Mass Communication under the new four-year pattern. Admission this time for Journalism course will be...more
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Mission Admission: DU Helpline; DU Forms Distribution Centres

e-Guide to Crack IIMC, BVB, YMCA, DU Journalism Entrance

Abhishek Kumar (Media Hive News Network): Media Hive has launched an e-Guide to crack entrance tests of Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Jamia Millia's Mass Communication, Asian College of Journalism, DU, YMCA, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and other media institutes. The, guide which is written by a senior journalist and media counsellor, is priced Rs 100. To know the more details about the book and to order, click HERE...more

Question Patterns of Media Institutes' Entrance Test

Manish Kumar (Media Hive News Network): To help aspiring media students (2013-14), Media Hive presents a new page giving information about the Question Patterns of various media institutes like IIMC, ACJ, Jamia's Mass Comm Centre, DU.This page also carries previous years questions of some institutes as well as listed some suggested readings to crack the entrance test of media instututes.To know more details, click HERE...more
Mission Admission: Update on media institutes' admission/test

Book Review: Nuances of Journalistic Writings

Abhishek Kunmar (Media Hive News Network): Journalist Raza Elahi's recently launched book, Nuances of Journalistic Writings, is an attempt to simplify the writing techniques of news, views, features and book reviews etc. The book, which is available on Rs 126, also tells about leisure and travel writings as well as discusses the arrival of Page 3 Journalism.The writer has successfully reached out not only to media students and journalists, but also to common readers. The best part of....more

Journalism & Mass Comm Faculty Required in Jaipur

Media Hive News Network: Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication, Jaipur, is seeking applications on prescribed application form for appointment for various faculty positions.Last date for receipt of the duly filled application form, addressed to the Registrar, is on or before June 12, 2013....more

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Entries Invited for Bangalore Shorts Film Festival 2013

Media Hive News Network: The Bangalore Shorts Film Festival, which is scheduled to be held on June 22, 2013, is inviting entries for Short Films and Documentaries categories. Entries are open for both students and professionals. Deadline: May 31, 2013....more

The Painted Verse Released in Delhi

Media Hive News Network: The Painted Verse, an amalgamation of poetry and painting, by writer/poet Preeta Chandran and painter Pankaj Kumar Saxena was released in New Delhi on May 18. The book, which has been published by Bibliophile South Asia, has 50 compositions. The foreword has been written by Soli Sorabjee (President, India International Centre, and former Attorney General for India)...more

Opinion: Watergate Era, 'A' Peak in Journalism

Gene Policinski: Forty years ago this week, The Washington Post —and its self-described “young and hard-digging reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein” —took home a Pulitzer Prize for public service for coverage of the Watergate scandal. Other winners in journalism that year....more

Orissa Post Needs Desk Journalists, Reporters

Media Hive News Network: Orissa Post is looking for Senior Sub Editors, Sub Editors and Reporters in Bhubaneswar. Applicants for Senior Sub Editors must have at least 5 years of editorial experience and proficiency in QuarkXpress. Applicants for Sub Editors must have minimum 2 years of editorial experience. Senior Reporters must have minimum 5 years of reporting experience, while Reporters have minimum 2 years of reporting experience.Fore more details, visit our JOBS section...more

DD News Leads in Viewership Ratings

Media Hive News Network: Doordarshan's Hindi news has stood out as the most watched among all Hindi channels in the 8 pm to 9 pm category for the week ending April 27. According to a Hindustan Times repor, as per Doordarshan data, based on TAM or Television Audience Measurement ratings, Hindi news has top most viewership. It also said, "When it came to watching English news, Doordarshan's flagship Newsnight programme was the most-preferred news and analysis shows programme for the same period in the 9 pm to 10 pm slot."...more

When It Is Safe to Speak, The Whole World Benefits

Dr Mrinal Chatterjee (Media Hive News Network): May 3 is observed as World Press Freedom Day since 1993. This year the theme is “Safe to Speak: Securing Freedom of Expression in All Media”. It highlights the need for action to upholding the right of journalists to carry out their work. World Press Freedom Day was established by the UN, as an outgrowth of the Seminar on Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African...more

Entries Invited for Sarojini Naidu Prize for Reporting

Media Hive News Network: The Hunger Project announces the Sarojini Naidu Prize 2013 for Best Reporting on Women and Panchayati Raj. The prize constitutes a cash prize of Rs two lakh each for reporting in English, Hindi and other languages. The prize honours three journalists from the print media for outstanding reportage on Women and Panchayati Raj. The last date to send the articles is June 15, 2013...more
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India Today's Powerful List: 13 People From Media

Media Hive News Network: India Today has come out with a list of 50 most powerful people in India. Thirteen people out of the 50 have interests in the media, but only three of them (former Indian Express editor Arun Shourie, Times Now editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and Indian Express editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta) are pure-play journalists.The chairman of the press council of India, Justice Markandey Katju, is a new entry at No. 50 in this year's powerful list.....more

Five out of the top 10 English dailies register growth

Media Hive News Network: Five out of the top 10 English dailies have registered growth in the latest Average Issue Readership (AIR) survey. According to IRS Q4 2012, there is only one change in the pecking order with The Tribune overtaking The New Indian Express to grab.....more
IRS Q3: The Hindu tops English dailies in readership growth

Review: Turning Points: A Journey Through Challenges

By Abhishek Kumar (Media Hive News Network): Former President APJ Abdul Kalam sequel to his bestseller Wings of Fire gives a glimpse of his uneasy relationship with the UPA government from May 2004 till his term as President expired in July 2007. The book, published by HarperCollins, is releasing this month. To buy the book, click here). The book ...more
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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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