Summer Training Report

Undertaken at The Times of India

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements For the award of

Bachelors of Journalism and Mass Communication (BJMC) To Tecnia Institute of Advanced Studies

Guide: (Mr. Pankaj Sharma) Assistant Professor

Submitted by: Anjali Kapoor BJMC(M) 3rd semester 05217002410

Introduction of The Times of India

Times of India (TOI) is an English language daily newspaper in India. It has the largest circulation among all English-language newspapers in the world, across all formats (broadsheet, tabloid, compact, Berliner and online). It is owned and managed by Benett,Coleman and Co. ltd. which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the year 2008, the newspaper reported that (with a circulation of over 3.14 million) it was certified by the Audit Bureau of Circulations(India) as the world's largest selling English-language daily newspaper, placing as the 8th largest selling newspaper in any language in the world. According to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010, the Times of India is the most widely read English newspaper in India with a readership of 70.35 lakhs (7.035 million).

This ranks the Times of India as the top English newspaper in India by readership. According to Comscore, India times (and not TOI online) is the world's most-visited newspaper website with 159 million page views in May 2009, ahead of the New York times, The Sun, Washington Post, Daily Mail and USA Today websites. The Times of India is published by the media group Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. This company, along with its other group companies, known as The Times Group also publishes The Economic Times, Mumbai Mirror, Pune Mirror, Bangalore Mirror, Ahmedabad Mirror, the Navbharat Times (a hindi language daily broadsheet), the Maharashtra Times (a Marathi language daily broadsheet).

In late 2006, Times Group acquired Vijayanand Printers Limited (VPL). VPL used to publish two Kannada newspapers Vijay Karnataka and Usha Kiran and an English daily Vijay Times. Vijay Karnataka was the leader in the Kannada newspaper segment then.
In january 2007, the Kannada edition was launched in Bangalore (which was stopped in March 2010) and in April 2008 the Chennai edition was launched. Their main rivals in India are The Hindu and Hindustan Times, which hold second and third position by circulation.

Vision and Mission of TOI

The Times of India Group is the aggregator of content in any form in the infotainment Industry. We collect & sell content to right target audience. Many organizations have attempted to redefine the business they are in, or even streamline their growth in a specific direction. The merger of Brooke Bond with Lipton India, the Glaxo Health Food Division being sold off to Heinz, the takeover of Times bank by HDFC or the take over of Kelvinator by Whirlpool are some recent examples of organizations which have perhaps done some serious "soulsearching" and taken bold strategic decisions.

An interesting trend in recent times is that companies have begun to define their "Vision/Mission Statement". A mission statement articulates the philosophy of the company with respect to the business in specific and society in general. Once the mission statement of the company is finalized and adapted, it provides a readymade guideline to employees of the organization about its principles, policies and practices. It is important here to distinguish between "vision" and "mission" for the organisation. Vision is often referred to as "skyhooks for the soul". In fact, vision is that igniting spark that can inspire and energise people to do better.

The focus of vision is to reach out hungrily for the future and drag it into the present. To quote Tom Peters, "Developing a vision and living it vigorously are essential elements of leadership". The latest trend in many organisations is to apply the "VIP" approach i.e. "Vision Integrated Performance."

Concept
The Times of India is published by the media group Bennett, Coleman and Co. ltd. This company along with its other group companies known as The Times Group also publishes, The Economic Times, Mumbai mirror, Pune mirror, Bangalore mirror, Ahmedabad mirror, The Navbharat Times( a Hindi language daily broadsheet) and The Maharashtra Times( a Marathi language daily broadsheet).

Objectives of Training

Global Experience To empower the reader to live the life of their dreams. To facilitate better decision. To provoke thought. Love for the worldwide view. Liberate the mind. Cheerfulness in the community. Adopt the Readers circus of life.

Profile of The Times of India

Name of the company: The Times of India Address: Times House,7, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg,

New Delhi- 110103

Tel: 23302000, Fax: 23323346

Departments

I had done Summer training in The Times of India, in which I worked under various departments which are as follows: Desk Work, that is the Editing Section in which I worked under, Mr. Subbendu Bannerjee and Mr. Parthav. I learnt a lot by working with these people. It was great experience. Online Section, in which they tell us that how the news is put online before publishing in the newspaper. In this section I worked under Mr. Sanjay. It was an unforgettable experience. Last but not the least was the Tnn department. In this department I worked under Mr. Gautam and Ms. Aarti Singh. It was a wonderful experience.

Weekly Report
As I did my internship for 45 days, thus my work exposure is accountable for the following six weeks:

Week 1 to Week 3
1. 2. 3.

Done online editing and searched various news stories. Learnt how to put the online news on its website i.e. updating the news. Learnt how to edit the various news items which are sent by the various news agencies like PTI, UNI, Reuters.

Week 4 to Week 5
1. 2.

Worked with Times News Network (TNN). Done editing of stories.

Week 6
1. 2.

Done editing in desk work. Done translations from Hindi to English.

Output
True learning is brought out of experience and observation practical experience is one of the best type of learning's that one can remember throughout the life. The main objective of practical training is to develop practical knowledge and experience and awareness about industrial environment and business practices in the student. It increases the skill, ability and attitude of a student to perform specific job in industrial environment. Fortunately I got golden opportunity to visit The Times of India. Here I learnt many things like editing, online work, how to put a particular news online etc.

TOI has developed in many fields.Today guess is a legend in the world of business and organisation at a home and abroad.

Acknowledgement
Through this acknowledgement, I express my sincere gratitude towards all those people who have helped me in the preparation of this project, which has been learning experience. I appreciate the co-operation by the management and staff of THE TIMES OF INDIA for having given me the opportunity to training in their office. I would like to thank Mr. Vikas Singh (resident editor), Mr. Gautam (head of TNN department) and Mr. Subbendu Bannerjee (editing section).

Finally I would like to thank Mr. Pankaj Sharma who guided me throughout the project and gave me valuable suggestion and encouragement.

Conclusion
I underwent training in Times of India for one and a half month and the training helped me gain practical exposure and enhance my journalistic skills. During that month I attained my objective to excel in the field of editing and reporting. At The Times of India, with the help of Mrs. Anju Solanki (Times Group), I learnt how to edit news story and material to satisfy the main goal of the newspaper i.e. providing full and proper knowledge. Mr. Subbendu Bannerjee (Times Group) taught me how to do reporting and collection of news material. How stories were generated to grab the readers attention and make it knowledgeable & yet retain its information value. I gained a lot of practical exposure which helped me improve my skills. It helped me a great deal in knowing about the media conditions and where I will stand after receiving the degree. During the course of my internship, I enhanced my communication skills, confidence, working skills, personality etc. and all the objectives of my internship was fulfilled by my sincere efforts and support of my seniors and colleagues in The Times of India.

Bibliography
All the information and the aspects provided in this report are strictly according to the exposure at The Times of India Newspaper office at ITO, Delhi. In the preparation of my PPT on Summer Training (undertaken at The Times of India), other than the support of my respective faculty members, I took reference from the following website. www.timesofindia.com

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