A workshop for 90 minutes was held at Sokda Ikeda Arts and Science College for women on Tuesday, the 12th September 2017. The purpose of the workshop was to educate the student members on the steps to be followed for writing an article.
Dr R Jagannathan, President of the Management Committee of the College also participated. Bharathi Thamizhan, President of DiJAI interacted with the students on the current trends in digital journalism and the expectations of the readers.
K. Srinivasan, Founder Chairman of DiJAI made a presentation on the three steps to be followed while writing an article. He also made announcement of the Mentoring Scheme for the student Members.
The power point presentation made by K. Srinivasan
Coinciding with the second Remembrance Day of Dr Abdul Kalam, DiJAI launched the Students Forum in two Colleges viz. (1) Dr MGR Janaki College of Arts & Science for Women and (2) Soka Ikeda College of Arts & Science for women at Chennai on 27th July 2017. Around 65 student members from both the colleges have been enrolled after a rigorus selection process. The students from different domains with good writing skills (Tamil or English) and with a passion for 'Digital Journalism' were selected. Link
After the formal launch, DiJAI organised a workshop on 'Digital journalism'. Three experts shared their views on three different topics. Dr B Muthukumaran
Dr. B Muthukumaran
Dr B Muthukumar, Digital Bigdata expert made a presentation on 'Digital journalism tools'. His presentation is given below:
Shri Vinoth Poovalingam
Vinoth Poovalingam
Shri Vinoth Poovalingam, CEO, Hocalwire made a presentation from Delhi through tele-conference on 'Global trends in Digital Journalism'. Shri Vinoth manages the technology part of several news portals. His presentation is given here.
Shri V Rajendran
Shri V Rajendran is a Cyber Law Consultant and Advocate. He is one of the Editorial Team members of PreSense and a Trustee of DiJAI. He made a presentation on 'Cyber Laws affecting Digital Journalism'. His presentation is given here.
Dr Mariazeena Johnson launching PreSense125 and DiJAI Students Forum. The cartoon on the right was flashed symbolically
Coinciding with the second Remembrance Day of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, on 27th July 2017, 125th edition of ezine PreSense and the Students Forum of Digital Journalists Association of India (DiJAI) were launched at Dr MGR Janaki College of Arts & Science for women, Chennai. Dr Mariazeena Johnson, Pro-Chancellor of Sathyabama University was the Chief Guest and launched the initiatives. DiJAI is one of the initiatives of PreSense.
Susan Koshy, Editor of ezine PreSense tracing the history of the ezine PreSense explained the purpose of Students Forum. While delivering the inaugural address, Dr Mariazeena Johnson wanted a similar DiJAI Students Forum to be started in a grand manner in their University. Representatives from other Colleges who attended the event wanted a similar Students Forum to be launched in their institutions also. Presently DiJAI plans to launch the Students Forum in four or five institutions in the next six months.
Presently, DiJAI Students Forum is launched in two Chennai based Colleges, viz. (1) Dr MGR Janaki College of Arts & Science for Women and (2) Soka Ikeda College of Arts & Science for women. The student members were enrolled through a rigorous selection process by the College Authorities. Around 65 students from these Colleges are now enrolled in the Students forum.
Students from different domains with good writing skills (Tamil or English) and with a passion to become a good Digital Journalists were the only criteria for selection.
Before the launch of Students Forum, an exclusive interview with Dr Abdul kalam, recorded over phone in August 2017 by Prime Point Srinivasan (Editor in Chief, PreSense) was screened. In this exclusive interview, Dr Kalam has given six suggestions to Media persons to be part of national development. The six point agenda set by Dr Abdul kalam will be the focus for the Students Forum.
DiJAI will handhold the students to become a good Digital journalists focussing on positive and development journalism. The interview with Dr Abdul Kalam is embedded here.
After the launch of the DiJAI Students Forum, a workshop was held on the Digital Journalism. Details of the workshop with complete presentations will be given in the next posting.
The photos taken during the launch event is embedded here.
The 125th edition of your ezine
PreSense will be launched on 27th July 2017, coinciding with the
second death anniversary of Dr Abdul Kalam.
Digital Journalists’ Association of India (DiJAI)
is one of the initiatives of this ezine PreSense. PreSense and DiJAI will
form ‘DiJAI Students’ Forum’ in three select colleges in Chennai (Sathyabama
University, Soko Ikeda College of Arts & Science for Women and Dr MGR
Janaki College of Arts & Science for Women) with 30 student-members from
each college. On 27th July,
the DiJAI Students’ Forum will be launched at Dr MGR Janaki College of Arts
and Science for Women, RA Puram, Chennai.
Dr Mariazeena Johnson, Pro-Chancellor, Sathyabama
University will launch the 125th edition and the Students’
Forum. A workshop on Digital
Journalism will be held for the benefit of the Students Forum. As a tribute to Dr Abdul Kalam for his idea
of ‘positive and development journalism, PreSense and DiJAI aim to promote
his idea through the students. Based on the initial experience, we plan to
take the plans forward to include other educational institutions.
''Digital Journalists Association of India' (DiJAI) was initiated as a Trust at Chennai, India in March 2016, to hone the professional skills of digital journalism among the professionals. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is its knowledge partner.
The following are the founders and trustees:
1. Chairman & Mg. Trustee) : Prime Point Srinivasan (Publisher and Mg. Editor of eMagazine PreSense - Now Communication consultant, teacher and Former Banker)
2. President : E Perumal alias Bharathi Thamizhan (Online Editor of Tamil Hindu and Joint Secretary of Chennai Press Club - Senior Tamil journalist)
3. Vice President : R Nurullah (Senior Tamil journalist with 40 years of experience)
4. Secretary : Smt. Susan Koshy (Editor in Chief of eMagazine PreSense - Former General Manager of IDBI Bank)
5. Treasurer : V Rajendran (Chairman, Digital Security Association of India, Cyber law advocate, Cyber Security expert and former Banker with 30 years of experience)
6. Trustee : Dr Sudarshan Padmanabhan, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
