Wednesday 10 October 2012

CLASS REPORT Part II, 9 October 2012

Yesterday, the second class was taken over by Mr. Rakesh Kumar. He is an eminent news personnel and writes for 'Deshbandhu' which is a Chattisgarh based newspaper. The prime focus of the class was different types of newspapers and their respective importance. On the basis of circulation, newspapers can be broadly divided into three categories:
  1. Small Newspapers:
      The newspapers that are published and circulated on a scale of 0-24,999(i.e., below 25,000) are termed as Small Newspapers.
  2. Medium Newspapers:
      The newspapers that are published and circulated on a scale of 25,000-74,999 are termed as Medium Newspapers.
  3. Big Newspapers:
      If the number of newspapers that are published and circulated is above 74,999, they are called Big Newspapers.

  He told us the various agencies and authorities that are in charge of giving license to newspapers for being published and circulated. The main among them are:
1. ABC: Audit Bureau of Circulation
2. RNI: Registrar of Newspapers for India.
  After 18 months of publication and circulation, a newspaper gets license from Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity(DAVP), which makes it eligible to publish Government Advertisements. The website for this in the NCR is www.dcplicensing.gov.in from which a form can be easily downloaded.
  Most part of the time assigned to the class was used for interactive question-answer sessions. Overall, the class was a great experience for us. The best part was that we came to know about the basics of print journalism and his own experiences, which will be very useful for us.

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