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A Master of Journalism (abbreviated M.J., M.S.J., M.M.J.C., M.A. in Journalism, or M.S. in Journalism) is a master’s degree awarded to students who have studied journalism at a graduate level. Like other master’s degree programs, master of journalism programs are typically between one and two years. # ISO certification in India
While some Master of Journalism programs are focused on the academic study of journalism, most are geared towards providing students with journalism skills. Students are usually required to take courses on writing and reporting as well as media law and ethics. Many programs have an internship or co-op component in which students will complete a placement at a working newsroom, magazine office, or other media production outlet. Some programs allow students to specialize in a particular type of journalism, such as broadcast journalism, newspapers, magazines, or online journalism.India
Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication (HJU) is a state university located at Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. In similar name, but slightly different abbreviation of HJUJ, a university was established in 2012 by the Congress govt through an Act of the Government of Rajasthan which was closed in 2015 by the next BJP govt. The Congress govt returned to power in December 2018 and a new university for journalism and mass communication — HJU — was constituted through the State Legislature’s Act No. 11 of 2019, at the premises of historical Khasa Kothi.
History
Establishment
HJU, the new university, was established on March1 1, 2019. This was one of new decisions taken by the Ashok Gehlot administration in the beginning of his third tenure.It was again named after journalist and former Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Haridev Joshi
Closure of 2017
Following the 2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election and the rise of the Vasundhara Raje administration, a cabinet sub-committee has recommended the closure HJUJ as well as two other institutes, Rajiv Gandhi Tribal University (RGTU) and Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Law University. In July 2015 the new administration renamed and moved RGTU and stopped the admission process for the following year in HJUJ redirecting students to the journalism department in Rajasthan University. This was done to “ensure that a new batch of students was not affected” by future decisions. In November 2015 Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Law University became the first university to ever be closed in India[3] and in January 2016 the cabinet has decided to merge HJUJ with Rajasthan University.In March 2017 a repeal bill for the closure of the university was introduced to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, putting an end to the possibility of reopening of the bill and HJUJ became the second university to be closed in India.[10] The courses which were taught under HJUJ have been running under Rajasthan University’s centre of mass communication since then.India
Re-establishment in 2019
Following the 2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election and the rise of the Third Ashok Gehlot ministry in late 2018, the cabinet has decided to open a journalism university afresh under the similar name. The Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication, Jaipur Bill, 2019[was introduced on 11 February 2019[and passed on 13 February.On 8 March 2019 newspaper editor Om Thanvi was appointed its first vice-chancellor (VC).The university has opened its gates in the academic year 2019–2020.In August 2022, Sudhi Rajeev was appointed VC.
Academic
The university will offer three-year undergraduate (UG) programme granting a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication degree (BA-JMC), Master of Arts degrees (MA-JMC) in Print Media, Electronic Media, Social & Online Media, Development Communication and Social Work and Media Organisation, Advertising & Public Relations and six-months Diploma programmes in Functional Hindi, Functional English, Photography, DTP and Development Communication and PhD programme.
