Journalism

Career in Journalism is both exciting as well as paying — not only in terms of money but prestige and glamour too. It is an exclusive profession which offers exclusive status and job satisfaction.

Career in Journalism is both exciting as well as paying — not only in terms of money but prestige and glamour too. It is an exclusive profession which offers exclusive status and job satisfaction. Various forms of journalism are: daily newspaper, magazine, video and television. To become a good journalist one should have the qualities of being curious, flexible, having good personality, clear thinking and ability to write in the language of the newspaper, periodicals or magazines. Salaries and perks in Journalism are attractive. But these differ in various newspapers according to their circulation. The local and regional newspapers pay less than the national papers. If you desire to be a journalist, you may have to undergo a training to acquire the required level of proficiency. There are a number of institutes in Delhi offering training in Journalism. List of Journalism institutes in Delhi :

http://www.delhishiksha.com/institution.php?&type=diploma&choice=media&tag=Diploma Institutes&search=Media&

Newspaper organisations also demand young and efficient persons for the following departments and posts:

1. The leader writer

2. Trainee Writers

3. News Photographers

4. Circulation managers

5. Circulation executives

6. Advertisement managers

7. Advertisement executives

8. Administrative managers

9. Senior Clerks

10. Clerks

11. Accounts managers

12. Computer Operators

13. Printing machine operators

14. Librarians and Researchers

If one has enough confidence in his ability to become a journalist, he can directly write to newspaper organizations and publishing houses/concerns giving bio data. Along with his letter you should attach copies of some of your published articles. Most of the publishing houses have a personnel manager to select persons suitable for the firms. You can send your bio data, if you do not receive replies, don’t send reminders. Because no organization welcomes reminders about job applications. If the organization is interested in you, be sure that you will get reply to your job application.