Want to pursue mass communication? Here are few tips for you

Do you want to become a journalist or an anchor or an editor? Do you have interest in news and what goes behind making of a news bulletin on news channel? Is social media your calling and you can communicate almost anything in those 140 characters of Twitter? If yes than mass communication is for you.

Mass communication is one of the fastest-growing fields in today’s time. Right from newspapers to television, radio, websites, blogs, social media, PR, and advertisements, everything belongs to the mass communication.  Like every field, success in this field too depend on person but right guidance and training from one of the best mass communication colleges in UP or elsewhere makes a strong foundation.

You can either pursue mass communication directly after 12^th and graduate in the stream from mass communication college in Lucknow, Delhi or anywhere else or you can take a postgraduate degree or diploma in the same.  Before deciding on any college here are few things to consider:

Infrastructure: Infrastructure doesn’t mean fancy buildings, top notch facilities. Good infrastructure for mass communication includes camera lab, audio/visual room, dark room for photography, community radio, editing machines etc for practical knowledge. Mass communication is all about practical knowledge.

Exposure: The best course is a perfect blend of classroom and on-field training. After learning the basics of mass communication, exposure in real time environment is very necessary to understand the actual work and challenges. Go for a college that offers external exposure and provides training in any media organization for your overall exposure. Doing mass communication from a big city is advisable as colleges their have links with media houses.

Faculty: Make sure the college you choose has experienced faculty to train you. Guest faculty is also very important in courses like this. Always prefer to choose institutes that invite media experts for guest lecture. You can learn a lot from their experience and know latest trends of the industry and what is expected from you. Make sure you select the right course, as there are various similar courses in the field like journalism, mass communication, digital writing etc. with minor differences.

Placement: Though placement is not very important factor while you choose a mass communication college in Lucknow or anywhere else but if the college has good placement record it definitely gives you an edge.

Any mass communication college can give you training but ultimately it’s your own skill and hard work that will pay in long run.