Fully Integrated Infrastructure

1. Print Media Fundamentals

Teaching and learning over the six semesters in CJMC are conceived to provide students with comprehensive skills to perform confidently in today’s technology-driven media platforms like the print, broadcast and web which requires concrete news processing.

For the Print platform, students are primarily encouraged to keep themselves updated with news in mainstream newspapers and their multimedia platforms by paying close attention to the content, structure, and language of the different types of stories, as this platform mainly encompass text and photographs as the main ingredients.

Knowledge Resource Center (KRC Library)

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The initial hours of the students are scheduled in the Knowledge Resource Center (KRC Library) at CJMC which has a huge collection of more than 6000 volumes of books and bound research journals on the various realm of Journalism & Mass Communication. Apart from this, the library has a subscription of over 20 National & International research journals, 30 magazines, and 25 leading newspapers. The library is computerized and fully automated with the facility of e-library. KRC also offers a newspaper clipping service, reference & research sections with access of e-resources for students and faculty members.

Computer Lab

Pagination and layout concepts for a newspaper are taught at the computer lab which is extremely well equipped and highly specialized with technically updated computers of high configuration along with Wi-Fi facility. The computers have licensed and up to date softwares like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe In Design and Corel Draw for the students to improvise their pagination skills and layout concepts of a newspaper.

 

 

 

2. Multimedia/Digital Media Fundamentals

Apart from taking up Print Media Fundamental skills , students are prepared to become fully techno-savvy journalists, who can deliver the same news content across different platforms – print, broadcast, digital/multimedia.

Youngistan News Portal

The youngistan news portal is a student based platform of CJMC where the students play an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing, and disseminating news and information. They play different roles as a news anchor, reporter, content writer, editor, cameraman, etc to gather, process and post the news on the portal as well as the YouTube channel.

There are specialized studios for each task aiding the students to seamlessly perform their practical training under the guidance of faculty members and technical trainers.

Editing Studio

Alfred Hitchcock Edit Bay is a visual editing studio comprising of five individual studio suites with the setup of licensed software like Final Cut Pro X in the highly configured systems.

Color Lab

Da Vinci Color Lab is well versed with DI & Mastering facilities as well as Da Vinci’s Resolve Color Grading Panel for achieving desired blend of colors in the final working template acquired by the students.

VFX & Animation Lab

CJMC has a special Lab for VFX and animation with Maya, After-effect and 3D max software for a seamless experience in practical training.

 

 

Keki Moos Photography Studio

This master studio is a state of the art setup with complete ready to shoot facilities. The size of 30 ft. X 40 ft. along with Makeup room gives ample opportunity for students to explore various angles and to apply different photography techniques to achieve the perfect frame. All types of lenses (10mm to 800mm, tilt-shift lenses), basic entry level to D-5 Cameras, Mirror less Z6 Camera are available to learn and master the skills of Photojournalism.

 

3. Audio and Video Fundamentals

For any broadcast medium, audio and video components play a vital role in the presentation and delivery of the news. In order to make this training coherent and smooth there are separated studios for providing audio and video training to the students.

Sound Studio

For acquiring a seamless audio recording, voice over and other sound related components, CJMC has Amadeus Symphony Studio, a sound recording studio with Protocols, Logic pro X software and technical facilities such as on location sound, dubbing and Foley.

Chroma Studio

A well-equipped chroma studio with all the indispensable equipments like teleprompter, microphones, cameras, professional lights, editing bay and production control system are available to provide hands on training for anchor shoots and to report 'live' from anywhere and everywhere, in the shortest possible time.

Preview Theatre

For previewing the process you’ve been through while making your news bulletin, there has to be a perfect place that will help you to spot the corrections or insert any desired changes into the bulletin. Chitrapati Dr. V. Shantaram Theatre is a preview theatre with 4k projection and 9.2.1 Dolby sound system to enhance the experience of the students in previewing their Audio Visual practicals.

4. Radio Fundamental

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Radio MGM 90.8 FM

Radio MGM 90.8 FM is an ardent and enthusiastic community radio station that nurture educational fields and society within 35-km radius in and around Aurangabad. It is a voice of a local mode that defines itself as an autonomous entity and relies on the community for its survival without any commercial aims or objectives driven by the community wellbeing. It is platform for students of CJMC to experience as well as learn through live demonstrations of actual working at a Radio station.

 

5. Integrated Digital Newsroom

CJMC has an Integrated Digital Newsroom to turn out news stories and integrating, text, video and audio in the broadcast news bulletin. The state-of-the-art newsroom has updated software and hardware for processing text, photographs, audio and video clips into an integrated multimedia project. The work in progress can be accessed on an interactive screen.

 The newsroom is equipped with cutting-edge production equipments, including 360 degree cameras and all the indispensable equipments like teleprompter, microphones, cameras, professional lights, editing bay and production control system to provide hands on training for anchor shoots and to report 'live' from anywhere and everywhere, in the shortest possible time.