Journalism – “A pen is mightier than a sword”

A Presentation by
Palaash Tiwari
Roll Number M10040
Media PG1
The
The Newspaper
Newspaper
What makes A Newspaper
 The Departments

• Advertising
• Editorial
• Production
• Circulation
 General Principles in a
Newspaper

• News Editing: Process by which information on

current affairs is presented to readers in an
entertaining way for their enlightenment
• Reader’s Requirements: What the Reader is interested
in as a member of Society. How to give it to him is the
problem of the newspaper
• Basic Responsibilities: Advertisement, Circulation &
Readership. Each of these functions are correlated
The Senior Editorial
Hierarchy
Editorial Director

Editor-in-Chief

Editor

Managing Editor

Asst. Editors /News Editor

Dy. N. Editor

Features Editors
 The Senior Hierarchy
• Editorial Director
– Usually the Owner or a friend
• Editor-in-Chief
– Has final responsibility for operations and policies
• Editor
– Responsible for the editorial aspects of
publication; the person who determines the final
content of a text (especially of a newspaper or
magazine)
 The Senior Hierarchy
• Managing Editor
– Reports to the Editor and is de-facto editor in the absence of editor
• News Editor
– Overall responsibility of the News Desk. Decides the news content for
the day
• Features Editor
– Handles a news section of a newspaper
 Editor
• Responsible for everything that is printed
• Responsible for Editorial Department
• Lays down policy for the editorial staff
• Largely shapes the image of the newspaper
• Assigns topics and events to be covered
• Assigns topics to Assistant Editors for editorials
• Commission articles
• Decides how stories will be laid out for publishing
• Considers submissions for inclusion from freelance journalists, photographers
and illustrators
 Editorial
• Reflects the newspaper’s stand on the
important events of the day
• It can support, criticize or analyze
• Editorials indicate whether newspaper
is pro or anti-government
• Editorial comprises Leader & Sub-
leaders
 Assistant Editor
• Writes editorials assigned by the editor
• Runs the newspaper in the absence of the
editor
• Number depends on the size of the paper
• Assistant editors look after a section /page
of the paper – Editorial/Letters /Literary /
Arts / Sports
• Top elite? Cream of the newspaper?
 News Editor
• The eyes & ears of the Editor
• Conscience –keeper of the Editor
• Organizes News Collection and News Services
• Odds are always against NE
• Cannot miss a story
• Ensure an error free story and deadlines
• Answerable for omitting any news, irrespective
of space
 Being On The Ball
• Track errors; Do not rely on readers or wait for them
to call. Research shows readers make note of errors
but sometimes don't bother to call in with them
• Publishes prompt corrections of all factual errors,
mistakes and inaccuracies.
• The paper should be prepared to correct even little
calendar mistakes that effect as few as five people
• Make corrections detailed enough to be
understandable - repeat the error in the correction
to remind readers of what the story was about
 Ten Terms A Journalist
Must Know
• 1. Lede
– The first sentence of a hard-news story; a
succinct summary of the story’s main point.
• 2. Inverted Pyramid
– The model used to describe how a news story is
structured. It means the heaviest or most
important news goes at the top of the story, and
the lightest, or least important, goes at the
bottom.
• 3. Copy
– The content of a news article.
 Ten Terms A Journalist
Must Know
• 4. Beat
– To cover a particular area or topic, such as cops,
courts or city council.
• 5. Byline
– The name of a news story's author, usually put at
the start of the article.
• 6. Dateline
– The city from which a news story originates,
usually placed at the start of the story
• 7. Source
– Anyone you interview for a news story
 Ten Terms A Journalist
Must know
• 8. Anonymous Source
– A source who does not want to be identified in a
news story.
• 9. Attribute
– To tell readers where the information in a news
story comes from.
• 10. Morgue
– A newspaper’s library of clippings of old articles