Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Editor Leader-writer, editorial writer News-editor, Sub-editor, edits the copies, in detail you will learn in other editing classes Feature-writer Copy-taster, production journalist who checks and selects copy Reporter Correspondent, journalist covering specialist area Cartoonist News photographer Proof-reader, now not required, earlier had to manually check each page for errors
City editor for a geographical area, city. Hands out assignments, amount of coverage, lead story for the day Managing editor, to look after administrative side keep to deadlines, stick to budgets, maintenance News editor: responsible for all copy that appears in the paper, looks after the subbing, ensuring stories reach on time, prepares newslists and decides how much coverage to give a story, display and page-making Copy-editor/ sub-editor: edits copy, provides headlines, and designs the pages Photo editor, responsible for photojournalists, for quality of photographs, composition, equipment, coordinates with various desks to supply appropriate photographs, hands out photo assignments,
According to data compiled by Ammu Joseph (2005) women often get assigned to cover lifestyle, fashion, flower shows, gender She also records the kind of working atmosphere women journalists face. Women journalists report sexual harassment of various forms: gossip, character assassination, touching, demands for sexual favours Implementation of the Vishakha Guidelines 1997 SC guidelines on sexual harassment at the workplace Who is going to monitor implementation in the media? Situation is better now, at least in larger cities, both in India and internationally, at least harassment on job is being talked about.
REFERENCE MATERIAL
Writing for Journalists by Wynford Hicks and others for glossary of journalism terms Key Concepts in Journalism Studies by Bob Franklin and others for concepts News editing by Bhanu Pratap Mehta Making News Women in Journalism by Ammu Joseph Global Report on the Status of Women in News Media by International Womens Media Foundation
TYPES OF REPORTERS
Reporters Correspondents, those who cover a special area Special correspondent Freelances/ freelancers Stringers Foreign correspondent Reporter at large Legal Affairs Correspondent, Beat reporters crime; education; women; marginalised communities Dalits, tribal peoples, adivasis, sexual minorities; health, science, politics and political parties, defence, aviation, government departments and local governenance bodies, conflict Chhattisgarh, Sports Business reporters