Fundamentals of TV Journalism. About the sources of news gathering

1. FUNDAMENTALS OF
TELEVISION
JOURNALISM
Topic: Sources of News Gathering
By
Dr. Fakir Mohan Nahak
Associate Professor
UIMS.
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2. Course Objective
•To understand Television as Mass Medium.
• To be aware about Fundamental and Techniques of Television
Broadcasting.
• To know concept and requirement of Television.
•To be aware about the roles & responsibilities of Journalist in television
journalism.
• To know the requirement of television journalism.
• To understand the process of News gathering.
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3. Topic Objective
•Basic understanding of “Television News Broadcasting”.
• Conceptual knowledge of the responsibilities of Television news
Journalist.
• To understand the importance of News Sources.
• Conceptual knowledge of news production.
• To understand the importance of journalist and his different
sources of news gathering.
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4. NEWS SOURCES
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• The process of journalism begins with gathering of
information.
• Reporting is a talent that some people have, it is a
skill that anyone can acquire.
• But takes a great deal of thought, preparation, and
practice. Reporters have to understand information
and where it comes from.
• They must be persuasive in dealing with sources of
information. They must also be honest and
forthright.

5. NEWS SOURCES
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• Basic to all writing is having the information that you
will use in the writing process.
• Writing for the mass media requires that certain
information be gathered at the beginning of the writing
process.
• A story always answers six basic questions.
• Who, What, When, Where, Why and How. (The five Ws
and one H)

6. NEWS SOURCES
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• Acquiring information for a story is an essential part of
writing process.
• Information is not always self-evident or readily
available.
• Three fundamental sources of information.
• People, Records (any information written or stored so
others may find it) and personal observation.

7. NEWS SOURCES
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STORED SOURCES:
• Stored sources are located in many places-
Government documents, company records,
magazines, and so on.
• A news reporter should be familiar with the
holdings of the local public library because that can
be a major source of stored information.
• Modern journalists have a huge library i.e. the
World Wide Web or internet.

8. NEWS SOURCES
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Basic problems of the stored information.
• Management
• Authenticity/Reliability

9. NEWS SOURCES
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PERSONAL SOURCES:
• Most information in most news stories come from personal
sources i.e. People.
• Reporter spends his non-writing time with talking to people
either face to face or over telephone.
• The more people he meets the variety of information he
gathers.
• Reporter keeps a regular contact with people from different
walks of life to have information and use them as sources.
• They develop a relationship of mutual understanding.
• Personal sources are attributed in the news stories as he
said, she said, as per the official sources etc.

10. NEWS SOURCES
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PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS:
• The third major source of information for the
news reporter is personal observation.
• Whenever required the reporter goes and
attends the event and writes about it.

11. NEWS SOURCES
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Examples of observation reporting:
• The anti-liquor rally drew people from different parts of the
country. Cars in the parking lot bore license tags from Kerala,
UP, Bihar, West Bengal, Rajasthan etc.
• The Calcutta-Chennai National highway has a deserted look.
No vehicles plying on the route. The scorching heat and
rising mercury is the sole reason.
• Observation is more than just watching. Reporters find
different stories from a single event. They can make side
stories by keen observation.

12. Course Outcome
•Students understand Fundamentals of Television
Journalism.
•Students became aware about the functioning of Mass
Media.
•Students came to know the requirement of Television
Journalism.
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13. Topic Outcome
•Students gained basic understanding of News
gathering for television.
•Students understood conceptual knowledge
about the importance of different news sources.
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14. •Concept of Television News?
•Qualities of journalist?
•News gathering techniques?
•News from personal observations?
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FAQ’S

15. •Audio visual journalism : B.N.Ahuja
•Journalism: Who, what, when, where, why
and How: James Glen Stovall.
•Broadcast News Handbook: Writing,
Reporting, and Producing
•Video Production: Vasuki Belabadi
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