BJMC Admission 2019: Career scope & job responsibilities

One of the biggest advantages of a career in media industry is the flexibility in terms of jobs. One has the flexibility to work in different streams of the media. Though for some specific mass media medium, one requires certain essential skills and training. For instance, a person working as a journalist for a magazine, could do voice-overs for a radio jingle as well as write a script for a video documentary.
If you aspire to be a journalist, then consider the details given below that can be helpful to you:

Admissions

In order to become a journalist, you need to take admissions into the Bachelor of Journalism and Mass Communication (BJMC), which is a 3-years undergraduate course. You can do BJMC if you have cleared your class XII in any stream, with an aggregate of minimum 40% from an authorized education board.

In BJMC, as an aspiring media professional, you will learn ethics, about communication and society, basic reporting skills, etc. You can also specialize in fields such as print (newspaper and magazines), broadcast (radio and television), and the Internet (online journalism, etc). It should be valuable in the context of the Indian media and students should be able to translate and deliver the system in which it's required to do here.

Scope

Having BJMC degree from a reputed and top media institution will work wonders for you, especially if you wish to work in India. Additionally, the exposure you'll get in such a course abroad is note-worthy. Media is one such industry, which requires people accustomed to the local customs of the place. The demand for media professionals, especially a Journalist, is at an all-time high and students can make the most of their education by being proactive.

Responsibilities

• Do research to uncover interesting and significant news
• Gather and interpret data
• Interview key persons including- witnesses, victim, sources, etc to obtain more information
• Use the findings to draw a conclusion and construct a well-written article
• Obtain first-hand information by being present at the spot of happenings
• Comply with the moral code of the Journalism profession
• Come into partnership with other journalists, editors, producers, etc.
• Keep track of all the developments by studying papers, attending events, etc.

Job prospects

Journalism is definitely a sunrise career, poised to boom in the near future. The journalism industry is becoming more structured, with an increasing number of job opportunities. As a journalist, you can take up jobs as:

• Editor
• Critic
• Reporter
• Columnist
• Proofreader
• Correspondent
• Feature Writer