Your Career in Journalism begins here

JOIN INDIA’S ONLY INTEGRATED TELEVISION,

PRINT AND NEW MEDIA JOURNALISM SCHOOL

The IMII is a leading journalism training institute in India. With our staff of

local and globally experienced journalists, we offer state-of-the-art

multimedia training to aspiring journalists. Our students learn to research

and report stories for television, print, web and social media platforms.

They also learn to meet deadlines while working in a real-time environment

modelled on professional newsrooms.

The IMII is led by a former Vice President of The New Indian Express Group,

an award winning television correspondent who has worked for Al Jazeera

English, CNN and ABC News, and a former Editor and correspondent at

The Wall Street Journal.

Along with other noted International and Indian journalists, they will share

their expertise with smart, idealistic and committed students who want to

change society for the better. Graduates of this tough and demanding

programme will be able to walk into any newsroom in the world and

produce quality journalism.

IMII HIGHLIGHTS� Courses taught in English and Hindi

� Internships organised with top media houses in India and abroad

� Placement assistance available

� Programme built around practical skills

� Teachers work one-on-one with students

� A creative, supportive and challenging environment

IMII students developing a video story for CNN iReport.

FACULTY

Sunil Saxena Dean

Sunil Saxena has over three decades of experience in Print, New Media,

Research and Journalism Education. He set up twelve websites in five

languages for The New Indian Express Group, and was the first Dean of the

Asian College of Journalism.

His books on journalism are referred texts in almost all Indian universities.

He is the founder and leader of IMII’s award winning mobile phone journalism

project that has become India’s first mobile-based rural news service.

Todd Baer Academic Advisor

Todd Baer is an award winning television

and radio journalist. He most recently

worked as a correspondent for Al Jazeera

English (AJE) where he reported from

across India including Kashmir. After

covering the Mumbai attacks, AJE moved

him to their headquarters in Doha, Qatar

where he became a travelling correspon-

dent. While working in the Middle East,

Baer covered the aftermath of the war in

Gaza, the buildup of troops in Afghanistan and the Lebanese parliamentary

election. He was then based out of AJE’s Washington news centre where

he covered the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti and reported from

Morocco.

Chris Conte Academic Advisor

Chris Conte worked as a reporter and news editor at The Wall Street

Journal for 15 years before joining the staff of Governing magazine as a

correspondent. He has conducted research

and written reports on health issues for the

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the

Journal of Public Health Management and

Practice. Conte contributes articles to

Congressional Quarterly, where he worked

as a staff reporter covering economic is-

sues, the federal budget, and banking in

the late 1970s. For the past three years,

Conte has been a Knight Health Journalism

Fellow in Uganda.

Academic Advisor Todd Baer reporting from Srinagar.

IMII COURSE PLAN

The heart of the programme is practical work. The students write, edit and

produce television stories and produce newscasts that are broadcast on

the IMII website. They also write news stories for the website and a

newspaper published twice a week.

The instruction includes the following topics plus other subject areas

identified by IMII over the course of the school year:

TELEVISIONAnchoring: How to anchor a live newscast, interact with correspondents

and conduct interviews with guests

Reporting: Live reporting, writing, storytelling, accuracy, and how to work

under intense deadlines

Video journalism:Composition, framing, lighting and how to tell stories

using high-end digital cameras.

Editing: Edit television stories on Macintosh Computers using Final Cut Pro.

Rundown producing: Build a newscast, identify a lead story, tease an

upcoming story, write anchor leads and use graphics in shows.

Convergence: All students will learn each of the five concentrations so that

when they graduate from the IMII, they will be ready to work in any job in

television.

PRINTReporting: Lead writing, story structuring, use of quotations, writing from

press notes, covering press conferences, speech reporting, writing

interpretive stories, profiles and feature stories.

Editing: Basic copy editing, rewriting, headline writing, removing bias, use

of attribution, news selection and display.

Design: Principles of design, modular, non-modular lay-outs and making of

newspaper pages using QuarkXpress.

Students edit video files on Apple MacPro.

Training paper brought out by IMII students.

NEw MEDIAweb Reporting: Writing for the web, hyperlocal and glocal stories, handling

a developing story.

web Editing and Design: News selection, editing and display, content

management, headline writing, principles of web design, navigation, web

analytics and hyperlinking.

Social Media: Blogging, developing content for Wikis, and monitoring of social

media sites such as You Tube, Twitter, Facebook and Flickr.

Multimedia: Developing audio and video stories for publishing on the net.

Mobile Journalism: Developing news alerts for transmission as SMS, MMS

and voice calls.

ADVANCED REPORTINGSpecialised modules on Business, Health, Environment, Education,

Entertainment, Defence, Science, Law and the Courts, Politics and Sports.

SPECIAL PROJECTSStudents will do two projects of broadcast and publishable quality – one for

the electronic and new media and the other for print media – as part of the

course work. The focus of these projects will be:

1. Rural Development and Poverty Issues

2. Use of Right to Information Act to develop news reports

GUEST SPEAkER PROGRAMMESSubject specialists will deliver lectures on their areas of expertise to broaden

the students’ knowledge and world view.

STUDENT-LED SESSIONSStudents work in teams to identify media issues, research background content

and lead discussions. These sessions build confidence, develop analytical skills

and foster team spirit.

IMII PARTNERS

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASkA, USA The University of Nebraska is one of the leading journalism schools in the

United States. The University will send two professors to teach at the IMII

starting in July 2011, offer an exchange programme and award IMII graduates

a Certificate of Achievement.

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), is a non-profit, professional

organisation that promotes quality journalism worldwide in the belief that

independent, vigorous media are crucial in improving the human

condition. Website: www.icfj.org

SOCIETY FOR POLICY STUDIES (SPS)The IMII is a project of the Society for Policy Studies, a think tank founded

by leading Indian journalists committed to increasing the skills of aspiring

journalists. For more information logon to www.spsindia.in

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

IMII students who worked for the Commonwealth Games News Service.

GUEST FACULTYIMII invites experts from India and abroad to provide insights into their

areas of expertise . Some of the Guest Speakers who interacted with our

students this year are: Tarun Basu, Chief Editor, IANS, Shravan Garg, Group

Editor, Dainik Bhaskar, Alok Mehta, Editor-in-Chief, Nai Dunia, Daniel Lak,

former BBC Correspondent in Delhi, Mira Kamdar, best-selling author and

writer, Rajiv Bhatia, Diplomat and former Ambassador, Paranjoy Guha

Thakurta, television journalist and columnist, Arvind Padmanbhan, Exec-

utive Editor, IANS, Sudip Mazumdar, Correspondent, Newsweek, Shajan C

Kumar, Art Director, IANS, Kiran Shaheen, Hindi columnist and editor, Vivek

Sharma, Production Editor, ESPN-Star Sports and Poh Si Teng, freelance

video journalist for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

MacArthur Foundation

ADMISSION

IMII is inviting applications for the Post-Graduate Diploma Course in

Journalism starting in July 2011.

Eligibility The minimum qualification needed to enroll in the course is graduation.

Fees Rs 1,25,000

Scholarships: Available for deserving students based on need.

How to apply The application can be sent by e-mail to info@imii.co.in or by post to the Dean,

International Media Institute of India, D-59, Sector 2, Noida – 201301. The

application should include the following information: Name of applicant,

Age, Postal Address, E-mail, Contact number (if any), Education details from

Class 10 to Graduation/Post-graduation, Distinctions/Awards (if any),

Details of articles written for School/College magazine, newspapers etc,

Computer proficiency giving details of which programmes that the student

knows.Students who seek scholarship should attach the annual income

certificate of their parents.

“The IMII has the potential

to be the best journalism

training institute in India.” – Raju Narisetti,

Managing Editor,

The Washington Post

“Although a young

institution, IMII is

making an impressive

contribution in

producing responsible

journalists.”– Rajiv Bhatia, Diplomat &

Former Ambassador

“Training has not kept

pace with the boom in

the media industry. The

IMII is filling the gap by

increasing professional

competence and ethical

discipline.”– Tarun Basu

Chief Editor, IANS

TESTIMONIALS

INTERNSHIPSThe Washington Post, Al Jazeera English, CNN-IBN, Aaj Tak, BBC Radio

The Hindustan Times, ANI, IANS, Hindustan, Amar Ujala, Navbharat Times.

(From L to R) Abdul Majid doing his internship at Al Jazeera;

Archana Thiyagarajan at The Washington Post; Priyanka Pandit at BBC Radio

D 59, Sector 2,, Noida – 201301

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