Skills required and institutes to study journalism

Skills required and institutes to study journalism

I aspire to be a journalist and I believe that my flair for news and worldwide awareness would be a pro if I choose this career. I am currently a student of 10+2 Science and I want to pursue journalism right after high school since I do not find any other subject of any interest to me. What are the skills needed for this field? Also suggest some institutes which are the best for this career.

I would agree that interest in news happenings around the world is a skill that is needed for a journalist but there are other attributes too that you must possess or be willing to adapt if you choose journalism as a career. You must be inquisitive and curious to dig into the depth of each story and portray it in a way that would keep listeners interested. You have to be a multimedia story teller, able and willing to learn about different facets of news happenings dealing with diverse topics; some might not be interesting and there’s starts your work of making it worth listening to. Excellent communication and command over the language is a must for students of journalism. You will have to be a hardworking person to earn a position in this career. These are some of the institutes that are most popular for journalism:

1. Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication, Pune
2. Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi
3. Asian College of Journalism, Chennai
4. Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi
5. BHU, Varanasi
6. Xavier Institute of Communication, Mumbai
7. Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media, Bangalore
8. TV Today Media Institute, New Delhi
9. SIES College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Mumbai University.