Understanding Television News Reporting

Abstract

NEWS24 is a fast-growing Television Channel. The channel has a clear advantage over the competitors. NEWS24 has some additional features in comparison to its competitors. NEWS24 is the best 24 hours live channel in Bangladesh. The News of NEWS24 is playing a vital role to increase subscribers and customers. The internship provides the opportunity for exploring professional skills and gaining more knowledge about professionalism. Being a student of Journalism & Mass Communication I have learned about television journalism. How a visual media works, the structure of a television channel, how newsroom people work, how production teamwork, how to work under more pressure. Apart from institutional learning I also learned how practical journalism practice is going on in Bangladeshi broadcast media. This is an internship report on my working experience in the News department at NEWS24. It starts with an introduction about NEWS24 followed by the activities of the channel. It gives a briefing about the workflow of NEWS24, how the News team works and my responsibilities there. I have tried to design the chapters chronologically about the function and working flow of NEWS24, different departments of the channel and how these work. The report also includes the marketing system which is used by NEWS24. Also, it discusses the mission, vision, goals and operational description of NEWS24. It also includes some necessary statistics. I then tried to spell out my personal & professional experiences as an intern. At end of this report, I included observation of my professional gaining, learning and limitations during the internship.