Indian Institute of Journalism & New Media
The Indian Institute of Journalism & New Media (IIJNM) is a post-graduate school of journalism located in Bangalore, India. It was founded in 2001 by the BS&G Foundation, a collaboration between The George Foundation and Adi Chunchangiri Maha Samasthana. IIJNM offers diplomas in print, web and TV journalism, with unique curricula developed under the guidance of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. The dean of the college is Abraham George. IIJNM has been ranked first among Indian journalism colleges.
Curriculum
Under the guidance of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, IIJNM's curriculum has a focus on giving practical experience of journalism. Students produce at least two stories a week for in-house newspapers, magazines, websites, radio stations and television channels. To do this, students are required to pursue real stories local to the Bangalore area. Students are taught in the use of right to information requests to pursue investigative stories, several of which have made national headlines.
Visiting speakers
IIJNM is regularly visited by public figures. Notable guest lecturers from the field of journalism have included Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, former BBC Delhi bureau chief Mark Tully, Outlook Group editor-in-chief Vinod Mehta, Indian Express editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta, President of Editors Guild of India and IBN 18 Network editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai, former Deccan Herald editor K. N. Harikumar, multiple award-winning writer and journalist Ramachandra Guha, author and journalist Jeremy Seabrook, former India Today and Outlook editor Aniruddha Bahal, Times of India foreign editor and USA correspondent Chidanand Rajghatta and former journalist and Carnegie Corporation Director of Journalism & Special Initiatives and Strategy Susan King.
Notable guest lecturers from outside the field of journalism have included RTI activist Aruna Roy, Andrew Whitehead and Asghar Ali Engineer, Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N. Santosh Hegde, cricketer Roger Binny and badminton player Prakash Padukone.