Admission Asian College of Journalism
Do you want to be an outstanding journalist in Print, Broadcast, New Media?
Enrol at the Asian College of Journalism
The Asian College of Journalism (AC) invites applications for its one-year Post-Graduate Diploma Programme in Journalism. A demand draft for Rs.650/- in favour of the Media Development Foundation drawn on a bank in Chennai must accompany your request. The last date for receiving completed applications is May 31st, 2002. The academic year begins on August 19, 2002.
Candidate with a bachelor’s degree in any discipline and those awaiting final year results may apply for admission. Selection is based on an entrance examination conducted at various centres in India and abroad n mid-June 2002 and a personal interview at the college in Chennai.
The Asian College of Journalism is a leading hi-tech journalism education offering a world-class post-graduate course of study with specialisation in the Print, Broadcasting and New Media streams. Candidates who successfully complete all requirements will receive a Post-Graduate Diploma in Journalism.
The Media Development Foundation (MDF), a public trust, administers the ACJ. The Trustee are Sashi Kumar, journalist, TV anchor and media entrepreneur (Chairman); N. Ram, Editor, Frontline, N.Murali, Joint Managing Director, The Hindu; Professor C.P. Chandrasekhar, media commentator and economist; and Radhika Menon, book publisher.
Dedicated to promoting excellence, the highest professional standards and social relevance in journalism, the ACJ will equip talented young people with the knowledge, skills and tools of journalism as an independent, investigative socially responsible and ethical profession.
From this year, the academic programme of the ACJ comes under the stewardship of an internationally renowned journalism educator, Prof. Larry Pinkham, who takes over as Dean of the college. Prof. Pinkham has trained several generations of journalists at the Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York and at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Many of his students are among the best in the profession across the world. Professor Pinkham will also be in direct charge of the ACJ’s Print Course.
In addition to training in the traditional skills of reporting, writing and editing, the course includes instruction in computer-assisted reporting, layout and design, interviewing skills and statistical analysis.
The hands on TV specialisation, in exclusive partnership with the British Broadcasting Corporation and taught by expert BBC instructors, is a unique offering in the region. The ACJ’s core and visiting faculty, with a proven track record in the electronic media. Take students through a rounded, intensive regime covering all aspects of broadcast journalism including field reports and studio production for news and news related programming. The skills imparted include camera work, editing, vision and audio mixing, special effects and graphics, anchoring, interviewing on air and researching and scripting docu-features.
The New Media stream trains professionals for the fast-paced world of journalism on the Web, with the ability to use texts, graphics, audio and video as communications tools. Students acquire writing skills specially attended to the Web and learn to use major tools in web publishing. In addition to the practical training, the New Media course includes modules on new media theory, cyber law and communication in the digital era.
All ACJ courses are practice-oriented and supported by sate of the art technology. The ACJ has professional linkages with reputed journalism education institutions in the United Kingdom and the United Sates. In addition to an accomplished and experienced core faculty, the ACJ has a number of Indian and international visiting scholars who are experts in their fields.
The ACJ will help outstation students locate suitable residential accommodation in Chennai.
Asian College of Journalism
Kasturi Centre, 2 Anna Salaji, Chennai 600 002, India
Telephone 044-8418254/55, 8526227/49 fax 91-44-8418253
Email [email protected] website www.asianmedia.org Source: Indian Express, Page: 9, Date: 11/04/2002 |
