BMFs 20-Day Training Programme for Bhutan Media by New Delhi Based 9.9 SOC Commenced on 24th July 2012
Summary
The list of foreign journalists for the programme includes prominent names like Mannika Chopra, Ravinder Bawa, Bejoy Suri, Gunjan Aggarwal, Mahima Kaul, Christina MacGillivray, and Sathya Saran.We have put together the finest set of senior journalists, with over 25 years of experience of teaching and journalism in India and abroad, especially to impart the training programme.The list of foreign journalists for the programme includes prominent names like Mannika Chopra, Ravinder Bawa, Bejoy Suri, Gunjan Aggarwal, Mahima Kaul, Christina MacGillivray, and Sathya Saran.Commenting on the training programme, Ms. Gunjan Aggarwal, Associate Dean, 9.9 School of Convergence said, "We are really excited about this collaboration with Bhutan Media Foundation that will further the cause of creating a responsible and strong media talent in the Kingdom of Bhutan.We have put together the finest set of senior journalists, with over 25 years of experience of teaching and journalism in India and abroad, especially to impart the training programme."The course for journalists will cover topics like different facets of today’s journalism, art of storytelling, planning, types of research, the essentials of news reporting, news-desk organization, writing online content, basics of sub editing, social responsibility, nature and characteristics of news, lead generation, interviewing skills and techniques, and ethics and morality in journalism.The course for editors will cover topics ranging from the responsibility and changing role of editor, prerequisites of editor as a leader, forward planning, importance of referencing, qualities of a good editor, coordination, role and selection of stringers, to media ethics and responsibility.The marketing and circulation course will include subjects like potential sources of revenue for a news agency, how to manage circulation, Advertising Models, and Negotiation Skills.This programme delivered by 9.9 School of Convergence, New Delhi is the first of its kind being held in the Kingdom of Bhutan.