Mumbai: iTV network has announced the launch of ITV Media Institute (ITVMI) in New Delhi.
The institute offers media aspirants the opportunity to register for a one-year full time diploma course in television and digital journalism. This will give entry-level journalists the professional and technical expertise to work across media platforms. The course will impart knowledge of various aspects of television and digital journalism viz. script and content writing, reporting, PTC, walk-through, anchoring, voice-over, video-editing, graphic designing, camera, lighting, news production, working of PCR and MCR, mobile journalism, live streaming and nitty-gritty of digital media like news writing for news portals and social media.
The media aspirants may also choose from a variety of short-term certificate courses (four months) at the institute in reporting, anchoring, video-editing, script and creative writing.
“The programmes will give students access to national network and professional resources laying a strong foundation for a future in media,” said the statement. “The courses will help students learn all aspects of journalism including editorial and technical. And, they get an opportunity to work in a news channel to put theory into practice.”
“There’s immense competition out there and as a credible media network, it's our responsibility to not get lost in the confusion and deliver news with clarity and integrity,” said iTV Network founder Kartikeya Sharma. “We take pride to warm-heartedly welcome media aspirants to the best academic institute in Delhi.”
"With the new concept: ‘Newsroom as classroom’ assisted with highly experienced and professional faculty, the courses at ITVMI will not teach students from books, but from real scenes as the action unfolds," he further said.
The institute offers features such as an interactive teaching approach, emphasis on practical training, well-equipped infrastructure with state-of-art studios, live to track, student friendly focused learning environment, covid protection in total capacity, training under well-equipped newsroom with high-end cameras, editing machines, graphic machines, live broadcast graphics like Vizrt and Wasp-3d, online editing, 3D animation on Maya software et al, guaranteed placement based on performance assessment of students and access to live production and outdoor shoots with an expert production team, said the statement.
