Career in Mass Communication and Journalism

Dabbling with the idea of pursuing a course in Mass Communications or Journalism? Here’s all you need to know about the career options and how to get started.

Journalism is concerned with collection and dissemination of news through the print media as well as the electronic media. This involves various areas of works like reporting, writing, editing, photographing, broadcasting or cable casting news items.

Journalists play a major role in the development of nation. The purpose of journalism itself is to inform and interpret, educate and enlighten the people. Journalism and Mass Communication have spread wings in many areas that compile different sections of communications and public relations. Although these fields have had a remarkable presence from a long time, the real potential of them has gained credit in the recent days. Many job opportunities have opened for students completing a mass communications course in nearly all the fields of the business and industry. A career in journalism is a prestigious profession as well as a highly paid one if you play the cards right.

The opportunities for journalists are endless and at the same time the job has become more challenging, as the new world is proving the adage that “the pen (and the camera) is mightier than the sword.” Simple reporting of events is no more sufficient, more specialization and professionalism in reporting is required. Journalists specialize in diverse areas, such as politics, finance and economics, investigation, culture and sports for newspapers and periodicals.

The syllabus of the Mass Communication field includes many interesting mediums like the television, newspaper, public relations, radio, advertisements and many more. Many universities and colleges across the world offer different fields of specialization in this field.

IAIT provides a Bachelors and Masters course in Journalism, Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication (BAJM) and Master of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication (MAJM) in conjunction with Sikkim Manipal University.

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