The
IIJNM News Factory
Week after week,
you will find the lights at the IIJNM lab on all night and the students
hard at work writing, editing and designing the pages for the three
publications they bring out: The
Weekly Observer, Thesoftcopy
and The Beat.
Week after week,
they are at the news factory churning out that perfect story that
makes the difference, with the right headline, the right story angle
with the right picture. To the uninitiated, it would be an ordeal;
but for some it is a passion.
The Weekly
Observer
 The
fourth batch of students have decided to add a touch of substance
to their weekly newspaper by changing its name and masthead from
the earlier 'The New Observer' to The Weekly Observer. So it is
now the TWO for short.
TWO produces
hard news after the Tuesday and Thursday weekly beat. Also, there
is enough number of soft news stories that make the paper interesting.
Friday is the dreaded day as it is the edit deadline. At most schools
elsewhere, the students chill out on their weekends, but here at
IIJNM the students are working on their stories, for Monday is when
the paper has to come out.
The Soft
Copy (www.thesoftcopy.in)
Like TWO, the
online newspaper also got new title thesoftcopy
(earlier it was www.newstabs.com).
 New
Media students have learnt the tricks of the trade. They now know
the difference between how to produce an online newspaper versus
how to write for a print newspaper. In the beginning came a series
of linear articles that lacked internal and related links, summary
and pictures. Articles were long and would scroll down forever.
Now they know
how to chunk them into different headings and into different pages
if necessary. Their design skills have improved too, with new media
students taking turns every week to try their hand at the art
of designing a web page. Every edition they add a new dimension
to the website, whether it is by updating regional headlines automatically
with the help of news aggregators. They are constantly enthused
to keep it fresh. During the second semester, they should be producing
in-depth stories that are multimedia enabled web pages.
Thesoftcopy
is updated every week, ensuring that the website is dynamic,
pulsating and informative.
The
Beat
 The
Beat is a monthly magazine brought out by the IIJNM students. The
objective of publishing it is to give practical training to the
students in various aspects of magazine journalism. The magazine
is edited and designed by students who have chosen magazine writing
as their specialization. All students contribute articles to the
magazine to make it lively, introspective and interesting.
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