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BNM 24 2025 - English

BNM-024: News Writing and Editing

Assignment 01

31st March 2025/30th September 2025

(Due Date: Please check the website for the latest update on the due date)

Assignment Code: BNM-024/Jan25/July 25

Maximum Marks: 100

Note: Answer all FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks.

1. Write a news report on the inauguration of a solar energy park in your city using the inverted pyramid style. Include the lead and the headline. 

2. Select a unique profession (e.g., wildlife photographer, forensic scientist, etc.) and write a news article as if you shadowed a professional in that role. Highlight their daily tasks, challenges, and motivations. 

3. Open a news website of your choice, select five investigative news articles, and identify the sources cited. Analyse whether these sources were adequate and suggest other sources that could have enhanced the reporting. 

4. Answer any two of the following questions:

A. Write a news story based entirely on a trending social issue using user-generated content (e.g., tweets, Reddit posts, Facebook comments). Ensure diversity in perspectives and maintain neutrality.

B. Illustrate the workflow of a digital newsroom. Include diagrams or flowcharts to explain how news is sourced, edited, and published online.

C. List 10 mobile apps or tools that enhance field reporting, with examples of how jounalists use them (e.g., StoryMap for geo-tagging, Otter for transcriptions).

5. Write short notes on any FIVE of the following:

A. Types of Feature Stories

B. Characteristics of Effective Headlines

C. Role of Beat Reporters

D. Significance of Databases in Investigative Journalism

E. What is Solutions Journalism?

F. Functions of Editorial Teams in Newsrooms

G. Role of Infographics in Digital News

H. Difference Between Opinion Pieces and News Reports

l. Citizen Journalism and Its Impact

J. Ethical Guidelines for Reporting on Marginalised Communities

BNM 024 (January 2026 - July 2026) - ENGLISH

BNM-024: NEWS WRITING AND EDITING

Assignment - 4

Due Date: 31st March for TEE June and 30th September for TEE December.

Please check the website for the latest update on due date.

Assignment Code: BNM-024

January 2026 & July 2026

Maximum Marks: 100

Weightage: 30%

Note: Answer all FIVE questions. All questions carry equal 20 marks.

1. Select one news story from a newspaper or news app that you read today. Mention the name of the paper/app, date and headline. Critically analyze its writing style and rewrite it in your own words for better clarity.

(300 words)

2. Go to a nearby hospital or police station and get facts of an accident reported in the area. Develop a news report based on facts.

(300 words)

3. Take two real images from any social media platform and describe one as an example of responsible and ethical journalism while the other as a violation of ethical standards. Critically evaluate both images by explaining why one follows journalistic ethics and why the other fails to do so.

(300 words)

4. Take a news article (250-300 words) on the same subject and format from two different newspapers.

Compare them on the following parameters:

a) Introduction

b) Language

c) Clarity and structure

d) Fact-checking

e) Ethical responsibility

f) Ending

5. Observe your surroundings carefully (college, street, hospital, bus stand, market, village, etc.) and choose one situation that you feel is important but ignored by the media. Describe that situation in detail. Explain why it is newsworthy.

Decide whether it should be reported as:

• A news story
• A feature
• A photo story
• Or a digital post

Justify your choice using your understanding of news writing, digital media, and ethics.

 

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