New Media refers to digital-first platforms of journalism. Our New Media courses include an intensive combination of skills, practice, and intellectual rigor for producing richly engaging digital content. This allows students to better understand the nature of the web and how it works.
We believe that in order to think critically about online journalism, students must first gain the skills, knowledge, and ethos that compose it. This means learning a new visual language in photography, video, and design. And it means understanding the data qualities of stories, and understanding how to parse and interrogate data sets.
Students are provided with unique capabilities of information technology that can support the scientific development of Visual Communication Design into Print Media, Digital Design, and Interactive Media. Students can apply their knowledge in many case studies such as branding, information design, design for public, photography, illustration, typography and web design into print and dynamic interactive media.
But most importantly our New Media sequence is about reporting and storytelling, the foundations of which our entire program is built. We created this course specifically for those wishing to graduate with a specialization in digital journalism and storytelling.
Duration
The course is a Professional Course conducted on weekdays Monday to Friday.
Theory and Practice, including Project : 24 Weeks
Internship : 12 Weeks
Eligibility
Graduate in any discipline
Experience : 1-2 years in media operations preferable
Course Content
The Course modules include
- New Media – the Digital Platform
- Entrepreneurial journalism and the business of online publishing
- Photography and Computer Graphics
- Multimedia reporting
- Visual Communications Design
- Weblogs to publish news stories
- Mobile reporting
- Video games and virtual reality for storytelling
- VR and social media
- Live Project
Internship
Three months of Internship is compulsory for all students undertaking the Course. Attendance during Internship has to be 100%, else Internship may be extended. For students averaging ‘A” Grade in Theory and Practical, a stipend of Rs. 2,500 per month would be paid during Internship.
Placement
Candidates passing the Certificate course would be considered for placements in the In House Broadcast activities and through other companies of repute in the fields of Digital Media.
Disclaimer : While all efforts would be made in securing a Placement of the students, the Institute does not Guarantee placement as this would be dependent upon the student’s performance, Principals requirements and other factors beyond the control of the Institution.