The Kings School emerge Mediascope Champions
The Kings School emerged as the champions at Mediascope 6.0 – a inter higher secondary school event organized by the Departments of Mass Communication and Journalism of St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa, at St. Xavier’s College, on December 16, 2019.
Sharda Mandir grabbed the second spot narrowly missing the glory based on a stud event while Shantadurga HSS settled for the third spot. The sixth edition of Mediascope saw a total 10 schools battling it out in various on-stage and off-stage events spread across the day for the glorious rolling trophy.
The welcome address by the Adminstrator of the college, Fr. Zeferino D’souza, urged the students to be truthful in their journalistic writings. The Principal, Dr. Blanche Mascarenhas shared her views on Mediascope as she welcomed the chief guest Devika Sequira and the other schools and encouraged the students to go a mile further in the field of media.
The Chief Guest, Devika Sequira, an independent journalist and a regular contributor to The Wire, The Times of India and Herald, took the audience on a nostalgic trip as she discussed about how mobile and internet were a distant dream when it came to being a journalist back in her days.
“I expect the young journalist to be truthful and bold and don’t fear asking questions to people in power, read good books as they will help you to write better,” she advised the young audience.
Mad Ad, Rangoli Fusion, Quiz, Photography, Amazing race, Dance, Wordsmith and Insta Hi!.
At the valedictory function the Mass Communication and Journalism students entertained the audience with their melodious voices, with an array of mash-up dances.
The hosts for the event were Anushka Sharma, Asher Fernandes, Krysla menezes, Rebecca Valles and Galita. The course co-ordinators Rohan D’Costa and Jonquil Sudhir, organized the event with sheer brilliance.
The various colleges that participated were: The Kings Shool, Shantadurga HSS, DM’s HSS, Sharda Mandir HSS, Green Rosary HSS, St. Xavier’s HSS, RMS HSS, Loyola’s HSS,
Media Study tour in the National Capital- New Delhi
The Departments of Journalism and Mass Communication scaled up North India, to the national capital, New Delhi as part of the annual media study tour organized for the final year students. As healthy interaction with professionals from the field enables students get better insights and understanding, and help go beyond the classroom experience to learn more.
The week long tour from November 17th to 23rd, 2019 enabled the final year students to open up to them a cornucopia of ideas and opportunities for one to pursue in the near future. On the first day, a visit to the Parliament of India aided the students to understand better the legislative structure of the country, and also how elected representatives’ carry out business, claiming to represent the public’s concerns.
The following day, a very interactive session was held with The Quint-News portal, where team led by Jaskirat Singh Bawa, senior editor explained students about the functioning of their digital news portal, and how they use this digital tool to get past to their audience.
Aishwarya S. Iyer, a reporter at The Quint also shared her journey in the field of journalism, and directed students to be alert when looking out for story ideas. ‘WebQoof’ – The Quint’s fake news and fact checking initiative was also highlighted, and how Google reverse image search verification can enable us to debug fake news. Something creative that caught the student’s eye was The Quint’s Lab, which is a micro-site that hosts special projects on different occasions, was also addressed.
Visit to Republic TV had a different atmosphere, where digital studio set-up and high-end production control rooms opened up a profusion of chances for students wanting to pursue future lines in production. During the visit students also witnessed how the news channel broadcast live news and produce a panel discussion.
On the final day of the media tour, students visited the A.J. Kidwai Mass Communication Research Centre at the Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi. Here, studio lighting, editing techniques, set-up and productions, along with the community radio station at the University were explained.
This was followed by a visit to the NDTV Studio, which presented to the students how professional national news channels function. A visit to the production control room, along with the NDTV desk was a part of the visit.
The Delhi-NCR region is rich with Indian history, and holds significant value to the way our country has shaped forward. The students visited the Jawaharlal Nehru Museum and the Indira Gandhi Memorial, which had on display different pieces of history associated with the Nehru and the Gandhi families. Besides this, Humayun’s Tomb, Qutub Minar, Red Fort, and India Gate were also some locations covered during the tour.
— Ronnan Da Cunha, TYBA
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