Volume : 5, Issue : 7, July - 2016

Teaching Political Journalism in India : An Introductory Study

Dr. Iram Rizvi

Abstract :

<p> Political journalism is accepted as an important area of journalism. The origin of political journalism can be traced back in parallel with the rise of democracy. Although due to industrialization and free press in Europe, political journalism originated much earlier than South Asia and India. The origin of political journalism in India can be traced back to British colonial India. After Independence political journalism in India has achieved more professionalism and stability. Even being the most important beat in reporting in any media be it oadcast, print or radio journalism, political journalism is not taught as a separate discipline in journalism colleges and institutes. The present paper focuses on evolution of political journalism, present situation and how it is taught in Indian institutes</p>