VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION

PRINT JOURNALISM LAB

(Subject Code: BAJMC 152)
Semester II

Submitted by: Naman Jain Submitted to: Dr. Debarati Dhar

Enrollment No: 09317702419

Vivekananda School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies
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Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Recognized by Bar Council of India Approved BY AICTE,
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 SYLLABUS

1. Identify any five headlines and rewrite them

2. Write various types of leads
3. Report and file story for each of the beats: Political,
Entertainment, Business, Education and Crime
4. Convert any news story into feature
5. Prepare a copy by using editing and proof - reading symbols
6. Translate a news story from English to Hindi and vice - versa
7. Write an Editorial
8. Rewrite any five photo captions and cutlines

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1. HEADLINES

Types of Headlines
1. Straight headlines/Direct Headlines: They simply relate the main topic of the
story.
2. Headlines that ask a question: Most question headlines are not really typical
questions at all. They are statements followed by a question mark.
3. Headlines that contain a quotation: A quoted speech is used in headlines.
4. Feature headlines: Headlines for some unusual or amusing stories don’t give a
complete meaning. It’s often necessary to read the story to understand the headline.
5. Double headlines: They are two-part headlines of the same story. They are often
used for major events.
6. News: A journalistic headline conveys authority and is straightforward without
being plain.
7. Suggestion/ Advise/How-to: The words “how to” have launched a million
headlines and for good reason: What do you type into a search engine when you
want to learn how to do something? “How to” tells r eaders that somebody out
there wants to help them.
8. Command/ Direction: In this you give command and direction to the reader.
9. Kicker Headline: It is a headline that is written on top of the main headline. It is
set in a point size that is less than the point size used for the main headline. It is
used to highlight the news points not covered in the main headline. It is usually
italicized, underlined or centered.
10. Reverse Kicker: It refers to the headline written beneath the main headline. It is
written in a point size that is bigger than the main headline, and is generally used
to highlight a new point. It can also be used to amplify the main headline.
11. Wicket Headline: Here, two or more lines of secondary headline are stated
above the primary headline.
12. Summary Headline: They are called talking heads, super blurbs and blurbs. This
headline explains the crux of the story and is written like sentences.
13. Jump Headline: Sometimes, a story is not completed on a single page. The
remaining story is continued on another page. Hence, a jump headline is used to
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 introduce the remainder of the story. Most newspapers write complete headlines
for the jump. They often emphasise new information in the jump rather than
repeat the headline from the earlier page.
14. Hammer Headline: It has a dramatic effect and is accompanied by a deck head.
15. Sub Head: Used to break up long stories.

ASSIGNMENT 1
a) Collect Five Headlines of the Types Mentioned Above. Neatly Paste them
and Label the Headlines
b) Collect 5 news stories from newspapers and give each story five different
types of headlines

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 Assignment 1

a)
b)
 2. LEAD/ INTRODUCTION

Type of leads to be identified:

1. Digest Lead
2. Summary lead
3. Circumstantial lead
4. Descriptive lead
5. Direct Appeal lead
6. Quotation Lead
7. Suspended Interest Lead.

ASSIGNMENT 2

a) Identify The Various Leads (Types mentioned above) from the Daily you read.
Neatly Paste the Samples and Label them.

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Assignment 2
3. BEAT REPORTING

1. Political
2. Entertainment
3. Business
4. Education
5. Crime

ASSIGNMENT 3
a) Identify one story from each of the beat mentioned above (from the Daily you
read) and rewrite the story.

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 Assignment 3

Political

Cabinet gives ex post facto nod to law for specified

domicile criterion for employment in J&K

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on

Tuesday gave approval to a law on
specified domicile criterion for
employment in the public sector in
the union territory of Jammu and
Kashmir. "The Union Cabinet,
chaired by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, has given its ex post facto
approval for the Jammu & Kashmir
(Adaptation of State Laws) Second
Order, 2020 issued under section 96 of Jammu & Kashmir
Reorganisation Act, 2019," an official statement said.

"This Order would apply the specified domicile criterion for

employment to all posts in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir,"
the statement said, without mentioning further details.

Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir administration had issued new

rules allowing people belonging to West Pakistan, Valmikis, women
marrying outside their communities, non-registered Kashmiri
migrants and displaced people to get domicile.

Children of the people in these categories can now also get jobs in
Jammu and Kashmir as they will be entitled to rights after they are
granted domicile, according to the Jammu and Kashmir grant of
domicile certificate (procedure) rules, 2020.
 Entertainment

Veteran singer Asha Bhosle launches her YouTube

channel

Since the lockdown has been announced,

most of our life activities have shifted
online. Social media plays a very
important role in our lives in order to
keep us connected and updated and since
the pandemic has happened and all of us
are bound to our homes, the importance
of internet and social media has doubled
up. This situation has also made the older
generation take a step ahead to live a
digital life. The boomer generation who
was not very comfortable with technology
is taking up various means to learn about various apps so that they can
keep themselves connected to their near and dear ones.

Veteran singer Asha Bhosle has taken the present situation as a

chance to step into the digital work by making her debut on YouTube.
The singer recently launched her Youtube channel and her first video
was a birthday song for Sri Sri Ravishankar. In one of her Insta post,
the singer says that soon she will be sharing her personal stories,
recording experiences and more on her channel soon. According to
reports, it was because of her granddaughter Zanai Bhosle that she
decided to start her channel. She said that seeing her enthusiasm even
at this age, Zanai urged her to channel this energy in the right
direction.
 Business

Doordarshan to telecast Jaspal Bhatti's sitcom Flop Show

after Ramayan, Shaktimaan

Veteran actor-producer Savita Bhatti on

Wednesday said she feels "rejuvenated"
after Doordarshan announced the re-run of
Flop Show, the satirical sitcom which is an
intrinsic part of her identity.
Flop Show, created and directed by Savita
Bhatti's co-star and late husband, satirist
Jaspal Bhatti, joins the long list of DD's
iconic old shows such as Ramayan,
Mahabharat, Buniyaad, Shaktimaan, among
others to make a come back on the small
screen amid the coronavirus-led lockdown.
Doordarshan's announcement came over a
month after fans on social media rallied for
the rerun of Flop Show. In the 1 April
interview with PTI, Savita Bhatti said she would love to see the show
return to the small screen. The actor said she learnt about the show
was returning after a good Samaritan alerted her on social media.
"Last month, a lot of people told me that they have tagged
Doordarshan on social media and asked the channel to bring back the
show. On my personal level, I reached out to the former DD
chairperson A Surya Prakash. The chairman was kind enough to get
back tome saying he had forwarded my suggestion and it should
happen quickly."
 Education

Fresh chance for students to apply for JEE-MAINS

Students whose plans to study abroad

have been affected due to COVID-19
will get a fresh chance to apply for JEE-
Mains, the entrance exam for
engineering colleges, the HRD Minister
announced on Tuesday. "In view of
representations received from various
Indian students who were scheduled to
join colleges abroad but are now keen to
pursue their studies in India due to
changed circumstances arising out of COVID-19, the National
Testing Agency (NTA) has decided to give an opportunity," HRD
Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said

The application window for Joint Entrance Exam (JEE-Mains), which

opened today, will have to be completed by May 24. "Students who
were not able to complete their application form due to other reasons
can also make use of this opportunity," NTA Director Vineet Joshi
said. The exam will be held across the country from July 18-23.
 Crime

Delhi Man Accused Of Killing Mother 33 Years Ago

Shoots Son; Arrested

New Delhi: A property dealer,

who was accused of killing his
mother 33 years ago, was
arrested for allegedly shooting
his 28-year-old son dead in
northwest Delhi, police said on
Wednesday.
Om Pal Singh, 60, was sitting
outside his house at Budh Vihar
area of Rohini and drinking liquor when his wife, Pavitra Devi, told
him to get inside the house. This resulted in a heated argument with
his wife and he even abused her, the police said.
Balbir intervened and asked his father to not fight. Singh went inside
the house to take his licensed pistol and shot his son, following which
he escaped, according to the police.
The victim, who works at an insurance company, was taken to a
nearby hospital, but he was declared dead, Deputy Commissioner of
Police (Rohini) Pramod Kumar Mishra said, adding that the suspect
had been arrested.
Singh was earlier arrested in 1987 for allegedly killing his mother
with a knife, but got out on bail after almost 10 months, police said.
4. FEATURE

Feature articles are windows into the human experience, giving more detail and
description than a hard news story, which typically relies on the style of writing. Features
focus on an event or individual, giving the reader a chance to more fully understand
some interesting dimension of that subject. Writing a feature article can be a highly
creative and fun activity, but it does take hard work and planning to write an effective
and engaging article. The subject of a feature may be anything – a person, an idea, a
situation, a hobby, a process, a historic anniversary. The objective of the writer may be to
inform, to explain, to instruct, or only to entertain. The qualities that set the feature apart
from other stories are its lack of immediacy and in depth treatment of an interesting or
provocative subject. Good example of features can be found in the Sunday supplements
of newspapers.
Structure of feature
· Intro
· Elaboration
· Elucidation
· Interpretation
· Narration: facts with examples experiences
· Happy ending: Drawing lessons
· Further possibilities
· Conclusion

ASSIGNMENT 4
a) Convert any one hard news story into a feature story (soft story).
b) Write a feature on any of the following:
1. Travel
2. Sports
3. Know a personality
4. Human Interest story

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 Assignment 4

a)

Orignal News

2 killed in West Bengal as storm uproots trees, walls

collapse

Extremely severe cyclone Amphan, packing winds of up to 190 kmph

roared into West Bengal on Wednesday, dumping heavy rain and
leaving a trail of destruction that left at least two people dead. After
making landfall at 2.30 pm between Digha in West Bengal and and
Hatiya island in Bangladesh, Cyclone Amphan cut a swathe through
the coastal areas, flattening fragile dwellings, uprooting trees and
electric poles. At least 6.58 lakh people were evacuated in West
Bengal and Odisha before the cyclone struck. NDRF said that 20
teams of the federal disaster response force had already begun road
clearing operations in Odisha, while the 19 units deployed in West
Bengal were shifting people to safety.
 Converted Feature

Cyclone Amphan made landfall in coastal areas of West Bengal at

around 2.30 pm on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, and leaving
a trail of destruction behind. The cyclone hit the state at a time when
it is already struggling to fight the transmission of the
novel coronavirus
According to the IMD, the extremely severe cyclonic storm Amphan
crossed West Bengal-Bangladesh coast between Digha (West Bengal)
and Hatiya Islands (Bangladesh) across Sunderbans (West Bengal)
near 3.30 pm and 5.30 pm with wind speed of 155-165 kmph.
“Atleast 10 to 12 people have died. Districts like North and South 24
Parganas, Howrah, Kolkata, West Midnapore, East Midnapore, even
Puruli Bankura has been affected by Amphan. In fact the whole of
South Bengal has been affected. We are shocked. It will take three to
four days to asses the damage done,” she said, speaking to media
from control room at Nabanna (state secretariat).

How Cyclone Amphan started ?

Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan is a powerful tropical cyclone that

caused widespread damage over East India and Bangladesh in May
2020. It was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Ganges Delta
since Cyclone Sidr of the 2007 season and the first super cyclonic
storm to occur in the Bay of Bengal since the 1999 Odisha cyclone.
The first tropical cyclone of the 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone
season, Amphan originated from a low-pressure area persisting a
couple hundred miles east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 13 May 2020.

On 18 May, Amphan reached its peak intensity. On 20 May, between

10:00 and 11:00 , the cyclone made landfall in West Bengal..Coastal
areas in Odisha—as well as Kolkata, Hoogly, Howrah, East
Midnapur, North, and South 24 Parganas in West Bengal—were
affected by the cyclone. It also caused significant destruction in
Bangladesh.

Impact of Cyclone Amphan

Sri Lanka

The cyclone produced heavy rainfall and strong winds in Sri Lanka
while intensifying east of the island, affecting some 2,000 people and
triggering floods and landslides. Two people were killed as a result of
these rains in Ratnapura District, with one killed by a landslide and
another by a fallen tree. Over 500 homes were damaged by Amphan,

India

West Bengal, the epicenter of the cyclone's landfall, saw the most
widespread damage from Amphan. The storm was considered the
strongest to hit the region in over a decade. The greatest damages
were expected in the Sundarbans. In Kolkata, damaging winds up to
133 km/h overturned vehicles and snapped trees. Thousands of mud
homes were damaged in the neighboring Hooghly district. At least
80 people died in West Bengal, of which 19 in Kolkata; most of the
fatalities were due to electrocution or the collapse of homes. The
damage there was more extensive than in Cyclone Aila in 2009.
Across West Bengal, 88,000 hectares of rice paddies and
200,000 hectares of vegetable and sesame crops have been damaged.
Kolkata alone has lost 5000 trees in the cyclone. The government
estimated the losses across the state to be ₹1 trillion. Neighboring
Odisha saw significant effects, with wind reaching 106 km/h and
rainfall up to 197.1 mm in ParadipSixty-five electrical substations
were affected, leaving 1.9 million without power. Three people died
in Odisha, one due to drowning, and the other two from collapsed
objects.

Bangladesh

Damaging effects began in Bangladesh prior to the landfall of

Amphan as coastal water levels rose. Storm damaged around 500
houses and killed over 20 people. Power outages left more than 10
million people without electricity. Floods severely damaged or
destroyed around 3,000 shrimp and crab farms.

Aftermath Amphan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday made a visit to Odisha.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik received him. The Prime Minister
plans to take an aerial survey of affected areas in state. During her
meeting with the Prime Minister today, Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee said West Bengal has suffered losses to the tune of Rs 1 lakh
crore due to cyclone Amphan. After conducting an aerial survey of
some of the affected areas and attending a review meeting along with
Modi in Basirhat, she said that there is a need to work together at this
hour of crisis. Banerjee said she has briefed the Prime Minister in
detail about the post-cyclone situation in the state.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today expressed solidarity with

cyclone-hit West Bengal and Odisha, and offered help to the chief
ministers of the two states. In a tweet, Kejriwal said, "Dear
@MamataOfficial didi, on behalf of the people of Delhi, I extend our
full support and solidarity with you and the people of West Bengal in
the wake of the destruction caused by Cyclone Amphan. Kindly let us
know if we

could help in any manner in this hour of crisis". In another tweet,

Kejriwal also expressed solidarity with Odisha and offered help to the
state chief minister Naveen Patnaik.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has written to Mamata

Banerjee and Naveen Patnaik, chief ministers of West Bengal and
Odisha respectively, expressing his sympathy for the loss of lives and
property in the two states ravaged by cyclone Amphan. In his letters
to the two chief ministers, the Buddhist leader said he is making a
donation from the Dalai Lama Trust for the relief and rebuilding
efforts "as a mark of solidarity with the people of West Bengal and
Odisha."
b)

“I fear scripts that are too usual”- Ayushman

Khuranna

One of Ayushmann Khurrana’s best-kept secrets is how perfectly he

sings in the voice of Lata Mangeshkar.
His latest avatar in Dream Girl taps into this unique talent. The film is
about a man who plays Sita in Ramlila. “The character is gifted with
voice modulation. He can talk in two voices, both male and female,”
says Khurrana. But the unusual observations is how he is doing such
uncoventional and unique roles within a span of eight years in his
industry.

It was sperm donation in his debut Vicky Donor in 2012 — which

bring him Filmfare awards for best male debut; body shaming in Dum
Laga Ke Haisha (2015); erectile dysfunction in Shubh Mangal
Saavdhan (2017); and middle-aged pregnancy in Badhaai Ho last
year.
Khurrana is on a hit streak. After five back-to-back appreciated box-
office hits — Bareilly Ki Barfi, Shubh Mangal Savdhaan, Andhadhun,
Badhaai Ho and Article 15 — each different from the other — he has
four equally diverse projects ready to unreveal over the next 12
months. Bala is about premature balding; Shubh Mangal Zyada
Savdhaan is a same-sex love story; and Gulabo Sitabo, he says, is
“Vicky Donor meets Piku,” .
He looks for something out of the box in the scripts he chooses, he
says. “Every actor has his or her own staple. This is mine. Taboo-
breaking, light-hearted, slice-of-life cinema. Once in a while an
Andhadhun or Article 15 will come to disrupt things. But this is
essentially my zone and I love it.”
How he rose to fame

Khurrana studied journalism, worked in radio, won the second season

of MTV Roadies and anchored shows on television before venturing
into cinema. As RJ and anchor he remembers interviewing stars; no
he finds it “surreal” to be on the other side.
He attributes much of his success to the theatre he did at school and
college; it gave him discipline and focus. Unlike the average, middle-
class young man he is identified with in his films today, in his theatre
days he only played alpha males and negative roles. Often these are
characters with complexes and issues. Not the kind of thing the
typical Indian hero does. Doesn’t it scare him?
Khurrana also appriciates that the quality of writing has been
improving steadily. At the same time, ‘good’ doesn’t attract me
anymore, it has to be great.”
Despite the phenomenal success he’s seen, Khurrana remains one of
the most grounded stars in Mumbai. Perhaps because he doesn’t take
his stardom for granted. “I have seen people rising and falling”. It’s
important to maintain vulnerability and freshness as a performer, he
says. He ensures that he meets people from outside the industry
regularly and has friends from across the spectrum. In Lucknow, he
goes for an early morning cuppa at a chai ki tapri (roadside tea stall)
and jams with students at Lucknow University.
 5. EDITING

WHAT IS EDITING?
Editing has come to mean various things over the years, and even within different publishing
houses, newspapers, periodicals, the term can be used to cover a multitude of individual
tasks. Editing prepares a written work for publication. A written work receives two edits—
copyedit and the final proofreading.

Copy editing is the stage where you check that what you’ve written makes grammatical
sense. Copyediting happens when a writer turns in a draft copy. The editor examines the copy
for all things erroneous, missing and debatable. The editor marks up the draft with
corrections, suggestions and questions. After reviewing the marked up copy, the writer makes
changes, while discussing questionable items with the editor.

Proof reading is often confused with copy editing. It is the science of going through a
manuscript with a fine tooth comb to make sure that the correct letters are in each word, that
all capital letters are where they should be, and that the work is error-free. It is the final check
before publishing. One ages-old trick for successful proof reading is to read the text
backwards, so that you’re not fooled by the context of the individual words and can, instead,
ascertain that they’re spelled correctly.

ASSIGNMENT 5
a) There is an error in each line against which there is a blank. Underline each
error and write your correction in the space provided.

1. One morning, the Nawab call a) _______________called________________________

his minister and said him b)____________________told__________________________
that I wanted the length and c) ___________________he__________________________
breadth from the earth d) ______________________of___________________________
measured. He also feel the e) __________________felt__________________________
need to have the stars on the f) __________________in____________________________
sky counted. The minister says g) _________________said________________________
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that the task he have been h) ________________has______________________________
set being impossible. i) __________________setting______________________________

2. My day begins on five O’clock in the morning a) __________at___________________

It has been so since the last forty years b) ___________same_______________________
except for the two years of which I was c) __________during______________________
very ill. I wake up at the sound of an d) ____________woke_____________________
alarm clock bought at 1952. e) _______________in______________________
From then until today, it has never f) ___________till_______________________
let me down

b) There is one word missing from each line. Put a / where the word is missing and
write the word in the blank provided:-

1.Srinagar abounds / natural beauty a) _________________a_______________________

It is often termed / a paradise on earth b) _______________as______________________
Tourists from all / worlds come to c) _______________over _________________________
See its everlasting beauty / scattered over d) ___________that’s_______________________
its outskirts. It is a small place, /intensely fascinating e) ________but________________

2. It is the adult world /destroys ____________that__________________________

the intelligence /sharp minds of _____________and____________________________
children and /abilities. The _____________their____________________________
constant rejection and quieting /child _____________of_______________________
when she/ a question slowly ______________asks____________________________
builds the child’s /inhibition _____________inner______________________________
/destroys her curiosity. ________________and_____________________________
If a child /a question and approaches ______________asks________________________
her parents /information or clarification ____________for_______________________
We have no time /them. ______________for_____________________________

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 6. TRANSLATION
Translate a news story from English to Hindi and vice – versa

ASSIGNMENT 6

a) Translate one story each from English to Hindi and Vice-Versa. Please scan the
handwritten copy and upload here.
 7. EDITORIAL

An editorial is an article that presents the newspaper’s opinion on an issue. It reflects the
majority vote of the editorial board, the governing body of the newspaper made up of editors
and business managers. It is usually unsigned. Much in the same manner of a lawyer,
editorial writers build on an argument and try to persuade readers to think the same way they
do. Editorials are meant to influence public opinion, promote critical thinking, and sometimes
cause people to take action on an issue. In essence, an editorial is an opinionated news story.

Editorials have:
I. Introduction, body and conclusion like other news stories
II. An objective explanation of the issue, especially complex issues
III .A timely news angle
IV. Opinions from the opposing viewpoint that refute directly the same issues the writer
addresses
V. The opinions of the writer delivered in a professional manner. Good editorials engage
issues, not personalities and refrain from name-calling or other petty tactics of
persuasion.
VI. Alternative solutions to the problem or issue being criticized. Anyone can gripe about
 a problem, but a good editorial should take a pro-active approach to making the
situation better by using constructive criticism and giving solutions.
VII. A solid and concise conclusion that powerfully summarizes the writer’s opinion.
VIII. Give it some punch.

ASSIGNMENT 7

a) Write an editorial on any one of the topics given below-

I. Freedom of Speech and Expression and Sedition
II. Censorship in Indian Cinema
III. US Presidential Elections
IV. Black Lives Matter Movement

V. Section 377 of Indian Penal Code

VI . Demonetization in India
VII. Indian General Elections 2019
VIII Mass Shootings in United States of America

IX. Rise of Mobile gaming in India

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 Demonetization in India

After 30 days of demonetization, there is no start in the market. Each

morning brokers accompany an expectation in their eyes, seeking after
some deal, no deal implies no bread, no survival. Throughout the
previous one month import is diminished by 60%, PM Modi choice
has aftermath for the purchasers as well as for the makers all over
India, abandoning the most experienced labourer from industrial
facility, generation zone has turned into a major misfortune for the
little firm. Some bolster the choice, some are still in stun and can't
recoup from the obligations because of lack of money. Delhi
exchanging zone like Chandani Chowk, Sadar bazaar, Karol Bagh look
so reserved. At Azadpur mandi absence of money is gradually stifling
the business, "no distributing is accomplished for just about 20 days,
individuals accompany old notes, we can't acknowledge the old cash"
said by Tejkumar. Survival for the private venture man is getting to be
noticeably harder step by step. Some man said "Modi's best blessing
after Diwali by giving diwala(loss)". Most extreme labourers are from
Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, who are backpedallinghome, as they are
landing let go from their positions because of demonetization. "chief
are giving us old notes, individuals like us who don't have financial
balance even cant trade the old cash, we don't have decision expect
backpedalling home with purge hands" said by rajpal one of the work
backpedalling to bihar. In reality, economy may need to survive like
this for a brief timeframe.
The fish markets have not been the same since the Centre announced
demonetization on November 8. It is the season of festivals and
festivities, but the fish markets — where vendors sit on raised
platforms, surrounded by scales and heaps of fish and prawns — have
lost the usual thrum of crowds and the rising crescendo of haggling.
Ramakrishna Das, who sells freshwater fish and seafood, has a
permanent slot at the Lake Gardens Supermarket in South Kolkata. His
day usually begins at 4 am, His day usually begins at 4 am, when he
takes a train to the wholesale market at Howrah, to procure fish from
large distributors. He hurries back to his market before 7 am by when
buyers would start trickling in — fish is a big part of the average
Bengali household’s daily meals. People faced so many problems.
 8. PHOTO CAPTION WRITING

Photo Captions are a little, short explanation, or description accompanying an illustration or a

photograph. An under-developed caption can tear down the message of the photograph. They
are also known as Cutlines. These are one or two lines of text used to elaborate on published
photographs. As with headlines, captions and cutlines must be crisp. Every news photographer
should go on assignment carrying a notebook and pen, as well as a camera and spare films or
memory cards. This is because the photographer will need to write a caption for each picture.
If there are several people in a photograph, the photographer will need to ask the name of each
one, and make sure that all the names are spelled correctly. It is best to do this before anyone
moves out of position, so that the photographer can list the names as the people appear, from
left to right, in the picture. When the photographer returns to the newsroom, and the
photographs are developed and printed, he or she will need to write a caption. This should be
written in the prescribed, and should give all the information which the readers will need.

Tips for writing photo captions

· Caption should be accurate, complete and clear Always identify the main person in the
photograph Avoid stating the obvious
· This will create a sense of immediacy and impact.
· Don’t try to be humorous when the picture is not.
· Avoid using terms like “is shown, is pictured, and looks on.”
· If the photograph is a historic or file photo, include the date that it was taken.
· A photograph captures a moment in time. Whenever possible, use present tense.

ASSIGNMENT 8
a) Collect 5 pictures from various sources (newspapers, magazines, self-clicked),
paste them here and give a caption to each.

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Written Caption - PM Modi being recieved by Odisha Chief Minister
Naveen Patnaik at Bhubaneswar’s Biju Patnaik International Airport
Written Caption – CM Manta Banerjee expressing her concers over
the damages incurred due to cyclone Amphan
Written Caption – Migrants line up to board on special trains

Written Caption – Municipal workers clearing the road from

damages from cyclone Amphan
Written Caption – Mr. Trump has now been tested at least twice for
the coronavirus and both times tested negative.