Introduction to Journalism — DU B. A. (Hons) Journalism Previous Year Question Papers

3. Candidates have to ansiver ALL the questions in Part A and ANY THREE questions in Part B. 4. Questions in Part A carry 10 marks each and questions in Part B carry 20 marks cach. 1. 4s) Differentiate berween hard news and soft news. Elucidate with relevant examples. (b) Brielly define credit line, dateline and by line in newspaper journalism. Also. explain their role and relovance in detail. ?. (a) What is the Robert Gunning principle of clear writing? Elucidate using examples. JAT Discuss the various news sources available to a news reponer with reles mt fare predate gett 3. AM Define Citizen Journalism. With the help of on example critically examine us role and relevance in raising awareness on issues. (b) What is on line journalism? Describe its key fentures and nature. In what ways does a diller from traditional print journalism %. la) What is attribution? Elucidate the significance of attribution in news reportage with relevant examples (b) What are the key characteristics that define 'news"? Discuss in detail with relevant examples. 5. AT Discuss the inverted pyramid structure and how is is used to organise and present news stories effectively. (b) Define yellow journalism and discuss its impact on news production and consumption with relevant examples. (a) Writing for print, on line, and olectronic media follow's different conventions. _ Discuss how news writing differs across these three platorms. Support !our answer with suitable examples. ID) Differentiate between elcetronic and on line joumahsm with relevan champlos 7. Ai) Write Notes on ANY TWO: (1) Penny Press wif The news process dis impai