Classroom Report / Day Three

By Priyanka Bhat

We started the day's sessions with each participant reading a news report from the day’s newspaper.
Two items were interesting –
One was on how a chisel which had accidentally pierced a boy’s skull was surgically removed later.
The other report was on ten suicide cases reported in the Madurai area on one day - 15th of April.

Vincent D’ Souza handled today's session.
The topic - Newspaper Organisation.
He explained the different steps in the publishing of a newspaper. The collection of news and information, filing reports and the collection of relevant news pictures.
The display of advertisements, the design of the paper, its production and circulation and its management.

D’ Souza then focused on the structure of the Editorial Department. The editors, assistant editor and sub-editors who work at the desk, the proof readers, the chief reporter, correspondents and reporters and the photographers.

On Thursday, the session will continue and the class will explore the job of each set of people who work in the Editorial Department of a newspaper.

There was an interesting discussion on the prices of newspapers.
D' Souza explained how newspapers were priced, why they were so cheap in India and how the low prices were affecting the businesses of Indian newspapers.