AR takes children to media houses
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 22 2018:
Tulihal Battalion of 9 Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (South) organized an educational field trip for students of Azad English School, Meitram to the leading media houses of Manipur.
The trip was aimed at giving a first hand experience about news making and production in both electronic and print media houses.
The students were taken to The Sangai Express and Impact TV.
At The Sangai Express, the students were given a live demonstration on working of various machines in tandem to produce the coloured set that they read every morning.
Students showed fascination to know about the combination of just four basic colours- Cyan, Yellow, Magenta and Black to produce the entire set.
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The trip to the printing press of one of the largest selling newspapers in Manipur was followed by a visit to Impact TV office and their news broadcast room.
The students were excited to see the large cameras and the studio room used for broadcasting the news.
Raj Nongthombam, Executive Editor at Impact TV explained the importance of media in today's society and its role as the 4th pillar of democracy.
He explained the nuances of news making, how news is telecast, the way teleprompters work, how the news items are collaborated and verified before broadcast.
The students gladly took turns in sitting at the news reader's chair and reading the news through the teleprompter.
The educational field trip to these media organizations will go a long way in encouraging these students to take up journalism as a career.
The students were given examples of prominent personalities like CM of Manipur N Biren Singh who himself served as the Editor of a local daily (Naharolgi Thoudang) and as president of AMJWU.
The field trip left a big impression among the students as they saw the insides of media organizations and interacted directly with those who work at these organisations.
The school authorities as well as the students were overwhelmed by the initiative taken by Tulihal Battalion.