MCM311 - Reporting and Sub-Editing

TOPIC Parliamentary Reporting Parliamentary Reporting is a specialized job. To report the important details of the session, a reporter need to be skillful and well versed with the Parliamentary terminologies. Q. You are required to watch a Parliamentary session of the National Assembly of Pakistan and report the proceedings with facts and figures. Guidelines:  You can watch NA session at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47-mlm0gZzM  Give headline, sub headings and proper structure to your report.  Your report should be at least 500 Words. Note: Copied material will be graded “Zero”. Schedule Marks (15) Opening Date and Time 21st Jan, 2020 At 12:01 A.M. (Mid-Night) Due Date and Time 27th Jan, 2020 At 11:59 P.M. (Mid-Night) Note: Only in the case of Assignment,24 Hrs extra / grace period after the above mentioned due date is usually available to overcome uploading difficulties which may be faced by the students on last date. This extra time should only be used to meet the emergencies and above mentioned due dates should always be treated as final to avoid any inconvenience. Important Instructions: Please read the following instructions carefully before attempting the assignment solution. Deadline:  Make sure that you upload the solution file before the due date. No assignment will be accepted through e-mail once the solution has been uploaded by the instructor. Formatting guidelines: Reporting and Sub-Editing MCM311 Department of Mass Communication Virtual University of Pakistan SEMESTER FALL 2019 ASSIGNMENT NO.2 MARKS:15 Use the font style “Times New Roman” and font size “12”.  It is advised to compose your document in MS-Word 2003.  Use black and blue font colors only. Solution guidelines:  Use APA style for referencing and citation. For guidance search “APA reference style” in Google and read various website containing information for better understanding or visit http://linguistics.byu.edu/faculty/henrichsenl/apa/APA01.html  Every student will work individually and has to write in the form of an analytical assignment.  Give the answer according to question, there will be negative marking for irrelevant material.  For acquiring the relevant knowledge don’t rely only on handouts but watch the video lectures and use other reference books also. Rules for Marking: Please note that your assignment will not be graded or graded as Zero (0) if:  It has been submitted after due date  The file you uploaded does not open or is corrupt

TOPIC BEAT and Sources of News Q. Read the news leads below and mention the Beat in which each one falls. Also, mention the sources (any 2) that should be considered by a reporter for each of these news. b) After talks failure, traders down shutters across country. c) Quetta girl’s college students receive fencing training. d) Disgraced Sharjeel Khan allowed to play club cricket again. e) Fahad Mustafa and Mawra Hocane Walked at Ramp for Zainab Chottani at FPW19. a) Nawaz Sharif’s sentence suspended for eight weeks in Al-Azizia case. Note: Copied material will be graded “Zero”. Schedule Marks (5+10) Opening Date and Time 27thNov, 2019 At 12:01 A.M. (Mid-Night) Due Date and Time 03rd Dec, 2019 At 11:59 P.M. (Mid-Night) Note: Only in the case of Assignment,24 Hrs extra / grace period after the above mentioned due date is usually available to overcome uploading difficulties which may be faced by the students on last date. This extra time should only be used to meet the emergencies and above mentioned due dates should always be treated as final to avoid any inconvenience. Important Instructions: Please read the following instructions carefully before attempting the assignment solution. Deadline:  Make sure that you upload the solution file before the due date. No assignment will be accepted through e-mail once the solution has been uploaded by the instructor. Formatting guidelines: Reporting and Sub-Editing MCM311 Department of Mass Communication Virtual University of Pakistan SEMESTER FALL 2019 ASSIGNMENT NO.1 MARKS:15  Use the font style “Times New Roman” and font size “12”.  It is advised to compose your document in MS-Word 2003.  Use black and blue font colors only. Solution guidelines:  Use APA style for referencing and citation. For guidance search “APA reference style” in Google and read various website containing information for better understanding or visit http://linguistics.byu.edu/faculty/henrichsenl/apa/APA01.html  Every student will work individually and has to write in the form of an analytical assignment.  Give the answer according to question, there will be negative marking for irrelevant material.  For acquiring the relevant knowledge don’t rely only on handouts but watch the video lectures and use other reference books also. Rules for Marking: Please note that your assignment will not be graded or graded as Zero (0) if:  It has been submitted after due date  The file you uploaded does not open or is corrupt

Quiz No.2. Total Questions : 10 Please read the following instructions carefully! Quiz will be based upon Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). You have to attempt the quiz online. You can start attempting the quiz any time within given date(s) of a particular subject by clicking the link for Quiz in VULMS. Each question has a fixed time of 90 seconds. So you have to save your answer before 90 seconds. But due to unstable internet speeds, it is recommended that you should save your answer within 60 seconds. While attempting a question, keep an eye on the remaining time. Attempting quiz is unidirectional. Once you move forward to the next question, you can not go back to the previous one. Therefore before moving to the next question, make sure that you have selected the best option. DO NOT press Back Button / Backspace Button while attempting a question, otherwise you will lose that question. DO NOT refresh the page unnecessarily, specially when following messages appear Saving… Question Timeout: Now loading next question… Javascript MUST be enabled in your browser; otherwise you will not be able to attempt the quiz. If for any reason, you lose access to internet (like power failure or disconnection of internet), you will be able to attempt the quiz again from the question next to the last shown question. But remember that you have to complete the quiz before expiry of the deadline. If any student failed to attempt the quiz in given time then no re-take or offline quiz will be held. Start Quiz