Career Counselling Session on 'Building Career in Journalism'

The Department of Political Science, St. Xavier's College, Jaipur organized a concourse which turned out to be a very fruitful session for those who want to explore Journalism. In this Career Counselling Session on 'Building a Career in Journalism' the esteemed Guest speaker, Mr. Anshul Trivedi provided precarious guidance on the ins and outs of Journalism.

Mr. Anshul Trivedi is a Founding member and Editorial Advisor of Subah Savere; India’s first Hindi Daily “Viewspaper”. He has done BA form Ruia College, Mumbai and MA and M.Phil in Political science form Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.  He has written Op-Ed Articles for National Dailies like Hindustan Times, Indian Express, Dainik Bhaskar and premier web portals like The Wire and The Quint. His areas of interest include Indian Politics, Indian Political Thought and Political Sociology.

The Session commenced with an address to the audience wherein the guest speaker introduced the field of Journalism in a very coherent manner. He spoke on its multifarious facets, both positive and negative and how with time, it has evolved extensively. He mentioned about the shift from traditional means of consuming the news such as the newspaper, towards the digital sources. He also briefed about the various nuances that imbibe the field of Journalism today. All in all, it filled the students with a vigour which was expressed during the Q and A Session.

The questions came pouring in, on various topics that the students were riddled with. From the negative  side of Journalism, the skills required to be a Journalist, the 'behind-the-scenes' opportunities in the field, future of Journalism in consonance with the current scenario and media censorship; the questions were indeed thought-provoking and made the Session even more intriguing.

Lastly, with the concluding Vote of Thanks extended to the Fathers for their immense support for all the Departmental endeavours, the esteemed Speaker for his precious time, the coordinating teachers, Dr. Aakansha Natani, Dr. Preeti Sharma and Head, Department of Political Science, Dr. Meeta Sharma and the ever-inquisitive viewers who contributed to this engaging session; it finally came to an end.