By Manasa G. Rao
The reading of the day's newspapers has been enlightening.
We were able to spot many mistakes in the reports.
In one case the report on one incident in two different newspapers mentioned the name of the hospitals differently.
We also got to know places in the city we didn't know.
Reading the news reports is one way of learning a lot.
Today's lecture by Vincent D' Souza was on how reporters work on a 'beat'.
A beat is a regular coverage of a particular area or field assigned to a reporter. Be it police, entertainment, health, civic issues, education, etc.
We got to learn what happens on a 'beat' and the advantages of a beat system.
We looked at how a reporter on the Crimes and Law and Order 'beat' does his work.
Tomorrow, we will be looking at how we can create a 'beat' in our area in order to report the news well.
On Wednesday, we plan to explore a part of Adyar on foot to try and learn how stories are generated.
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