The document provides an overview of the history and elements of print media in India, beginning with the publication of the Bengal Gazette in 1780. It defines news and its characteristics, including timeliness, proximity, prominence, consequence, human interest, and conflict. Additionally, other forms of print media such as newspapers, magazines, and journals are discussed along with suggested readings for further study.

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Print Journalism II- 24203
PRINT JOURNALISM II
By: Ayushi Sachdeva
Assistant Professor

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History of Print Media
 The history of Print Media in India began in 1780, with the
publication of Bengal Gazette from Calcutta.
 The first Indian newspaper was started by James Augustus,
considered as the ‘Father of Indian Press’.
 ‘Samachar Darpan’ was the first Newspaper published in an
Indian language in Bengali in 1818.

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WHAT IS NEWS ?
 News is the information from all four directions i.e. North, East, West,
South.
 News is what makes us known of the unknown facts.
 News can be something unusual.
 News is something which is new.
 News is what makes us aware of the surroundings.
 News is the report of current events, happenings, accidents, politics,
sports, human interest etc.

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Contd..
"When a dog bites a man, that is not news,
because it happens so often. But if a man bites a
dog, that is news" [John B. Bogart]

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ELEMENTS OF NEWS
 Timeliness
 Proximity
 Prominence
 Consequence
 Human Interest
 Conflict

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ELEMENTS EXPLAINED..
Timeliness: A news is worth if it is timely. News later two three
days is of no importance as it would have been on the
first day.
Proximity: It means near and dear ones. In other words, it means
the news from the neighboring countries, and local.
Prominence: Prominence means importance. News should
constitute all the facts which are of great importance
and needs public attention.

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CONTD…
Consequence: It constitutes of the reports, results and effects of
events or something which is unpleasant
Human Interest: This means that news should be on the topic that
interest people, majorly a soft news that concerns
people.
Conflict: News also constitute a report on a serious disagreement or
argument on certain issues or situations.

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Other Forms of Print Media
Like newspapers; magazines, weeklies and journals are also the other
form of Print media. They are published at regular intervals, some
are weekly, fortnightly, bi-weekly and tri-monthly. They also
constitute of information which aware, inform and educate.
A weekly is published once a week and a monthly once a month. A
fortnightly is published once in two weeks. A bi-weekly is published
twice every week. A tri-monthly is one which is published every
three months. These are also known as quarterlies. Then there are
certain publications that come out only once a year which are called
annuals

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SUGGESTED READINGS
 A. Saxena Fundamentals of Reporting & Editing
 M V Kamath Modern Journalism
 M L Stein and Susan F. Peterno The News Writers’ Handbook
 George A Hough News Writing
 Jan R. Hakemulder, Ray Ac de Jonge, News Reporting and Editing
P.P. Singh
 M K Joseph Basic Source Material for News Writing
 Wainwright David Journalism made Simple,
 Hohnberg John The Professional Journalist

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