Career as Journalist

Journalism is a great career to start with and many youngsters are lured towards this profession. It is a challenging job which requires lot of hard work and dedication but in return you enjoy ample growth and recognition in the society. All successful journalist working in various news channels enjoy a handsome salary package and other perks.

Today TV and Radio are the important medium of communication, a lot of people turn to TV for current news and updates, and hence, the role of journalist becomes very important and full of commitment and responsibilities.  You could go for diploma or three years degree in Journalism. Mentioned below are some well known colleges of Journalism in Delhi

- Lady Shriram College, New- Delhi
- Delhi College Of Arts And Commerce
- Indraprastha College, New-Delhi
- JNU, New-Delhi
- Jamia Milia Islamia, New-Delhi

This is to be noted here, besides degree and diploma in Journalism, one may also go for PG diploma in various streams of Mass Communication (Journalism).

Journalists collect information on political, social and many sensitive issues and write news stories over these issues.

Today, a lot of news channels have come up in the market which has opened great career opportunities in Journalism.  Journalism requires outstanding communication skills.  If you have good communication skills then you could become a newsreader or interview celebrities and political leaders in TV and radio.

People with excellent writing skills, could write for various newspapers, National Magazines and websites also. Newspaper is also an important medium to connect to the people and you could write news, articles and Blogs on various political and social issues of the country. Like that magazines and websites also require journalists who could write news and articles for them.

As mentioned earlier journalism has lot of challenges thus, you should be prepared to work under pressure and meet deadlines on time. Sometimes your regular working hours could also exceed due to the extensive work pressure therefore, you should be prepared to tackle these difficult circumstances in your professional life.

It is important to pursue journalism course from a prestigious college but your institute cannot guarantee your success. To become a successful journalist you need to put a lot of hard work and inability to write and present stories should be inherited in you.

You could also do freelancing and work independently as a journalist. The other career options in journalism are as follows- photojournalists, proofreaders and news analyst in print and electronic media.  

Today media is very powerful and journalists can influence masses with their news and articles. Journalists should not take advantage of this factor and adhere to the norms and standards of journalism. Journalists cover wide variety of areas, such as- politics, art, economics, sports, history, business, weather, entertainment and many others important areas.  

Career as journalist gives you plenty of exposure; you need to travel to different regions of the country. A journalist is required to go in the remotest and sometimes unsafe areas of his/her state to cover news and making world aware about the ongoing crisis and circumstances of that particular place. The remuneration in journalism is often dependent on your years of experience, organization you are working with and your work- performance. People who are completely dedicated towards this profession have achieved lots of appraisal and good salary package.



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Booming career in animation

Career in animation is budding and the boom in the animation industry has given rise to multiple job opportunities in this profession. Animation industry is growing faster and is known to be one of the most demanding industries in the market. Animation is an art where animators put life to animated or cartoon characters, the word animation stands for "soul" in Latin language. . Many of you have grown up watching your favorite cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Tom and Jerry etc. All these characters are the creations of animation.  This job requires lot of creativity, skill and technical knowledge of computers. It does not involve monotonous routine of job as it demands lot of innovation, fresh imagination and artistic taste. All animated characters are different from each other, which makes this job challenging and interesting as well.

To excel in this profession, it is very important to do an animation courses from a good reputed institutes of your city.  Students residing in Delhi can enroll themselves on the following institutes for the animation course-

- Arena Animation Institute New- Delhi
- Jamia Milia Islamia New- Delhi
- South Delhi Polytechnic for Women
- DOEACC Society Delhi
- School of Art and Animation New-Delhi

The above mentioned are the renowned names of animation institutes in Delhi, in order to acquire more information you may log in their respective websites.

There are many lucrative career options available for you in animation industry.

You would find great opportunities in TV, Movies, advertising agencies, websites and in sales and marketing firm (3d animation).  In addition with this today even defense, medical and IT industry also require animators for their websites promotion.

Animation is all about making of movies, games and cartoons of human and animal drawing characters with the help of computers. One should also pay attention to time and space while drawing animated characters.

You could go for a degree or diploma in animation course from a government or private institute. Most of the reputed government colleges of animation course conduct an entrance test to select the students for their degree or post graduate degree program. It is very essential for the individual to be good at his drawing and sketching.

Today a large number of Hindi and English movies are using animation technology in their film production; they require an entire team of animators who are excellent at their work. These animators are being paid a handsome amount for their animation in the film. Besides this, cartoon movies have also been in demand among children and some audiences thus, there is abundance of scope in animation.

You could find following courses in Animation, such as

- Web design
- Storyboards
- Architectural Design
- 2d and 3d animation
- B.Sc. In animation and multimedia

2d and 3d animations are in huge demand in today's movie world. Most of movies are being made in 3d (three dimensional) technology which is very advanced and makes the sketches look closer and lively. Such movies are getting very popular among audience and are high in budget.  To get into 3d technology, you need to have a thorough knowledge of modeling, lighting and texturing besides, drawing and sketching.

Today we find animation is being used largely in entertainment industry, the special effects are being used from TV commercial to Movies, and this has generated a great demand for animators. Animation industry is spreading at a fast pace which invites multiple lucrative opportunities in terms of career, growth and remuneration.