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Media Studies is one of the most popular fields of study for students after class XII.&nbsp;The media landscape has evolved significantly&nbsp;in the last few years&nbsp;with the advent of digital technology.&nbsp;However, this field is not merely about news reporting, editing or anchoring.&nbsp;&nbsp;Media Studies&nbsp;covers a&nbsp;huge gamut of&nbsp;subjects&nbsp;including Print Journalism, Broadcast Journalism,&nbsp;Advertising, Public Relations, Videography, Photography, and Photojournalism among&nbsp;others. That is why career options&nbsp;for students&nbsp;pursuing Media Studies (UG, PG and Diploma&nbsp;course) are&nbsp;very wide. Here are the avenues they can explore after completing the course.&nbsp;&nbsp;



Journalism&nbsp; Typically,&nbsp;the functions of&nbsp;a journalist include gathering news&nbsp;or&nbsp;information and&nbsp;putting it together in&nbsp;a reader&nbsp;or&nbsp;audience-friendly way.&nbsp;An aspiring journalist can expect jobs in media houses. If you want&nbsp;your&nbsp;youngster&nbsp;to be a good journalist,&nbsp;encourage him to follow these smart strategies:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;



<ul><li>Practise time management skills to meet&nbsp;deadlines.&nbsp;</li><li>Do not stick to only one niche, explore and learn as much as you can.&nbsp;</li><li>Read a lot to develop writing skills.&nbsp;</li><li>Focus on building verbal and non-verbal communications skills by actively participating in debates, presentations&nbsp;and other college activities.&nbsp;</li><li>Stay updated about current&nbsp;affairs.&nbsp;</li></ul>



Advertising An advertising expert is supposed to promote products of various experts successfully, increase their visibility and popularity. After pursuing Media Studies a student can look for job opportunities in advertising&nbsp;agencies. Here are some tips for&nbsp;your&nbsp;aspiring advertising guru:



<ul><li>Sharpen your creative writing skills.&nbsp;</li><li>Improve&nbsp;your visualisation power by watching movies and advertisements of international standard.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Learn how to tell a story.&nbsp;</li><li>Develop an understanding of different forms of communication.&nbsp;</li></ul>



Public Relations&nbsp; Broadly speaking, the&nbsp;role of a Public&nbsp;Relations&nbsp;Executive&nbsp;includes building positive relationships with stakeholders, media and the public to create an organisation’s brand image. Typically,&nbsp;the function entails developing PR&nbsp;strategies and campaigns&nbsp;preparing press releases, keynote speeches and promotional material. Mostly, large scale organisations have their own internal PR department while others outsource the role to external agencies. So, an aspiring&nbsp;Public relations Executive can explore&nbsp;job opportunities in both.&nbsp;Encourage your child to follow these suggestions to excel as a Public Relations Officer:&nbsp;&nbsp;



<ul><li>Build good relationships with media personnel.&nbsp;</li><li>Focus on developing&nbsp;writing skills&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Learn the art of communicating&nbsp;with customers.&nbsp;</li><li>Be well-informed about the mission and vision of the company.&nbsp;</li><li>Pay proper attention to the details.&nbsp;</li></ul>



Photojournalism&nbsp; Photojournalists&nbsp;are&nbsp;supposed to click images of important events, incidents and personalities to create a press story.&nbsp;Their role also includes photo editing.&nbsp;Newspapers, magazines and digital publishing houses usually hire them.&nbsp;In order to be a successful photojournalist, your child can follow these tips:&nbsp;



<ul><li>Develop good observation skills by paying attention to&nbsp;details.&nbsp;</li><li>Focus on the&nbsp;technical aspects of photography.&nbsp;</li><li>In order&nbsp;to tell&nbsp;a&nbsp;story&nbsp;through pictures, strengthen your visualisation skills.&nbsp;</li><li>Learn to use photo editing tools&nbsp;efficiently.&nbsp;</li></ul>

A must-read for students aiming to explore the media world after finishing school.

Career options for students planning to pursue Media Studies

Contrary to popular belief, many career options exist for students aiming to take up a Media Studies course after Class XII. Here is a list.

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