March 2011 | M.C Chronicle

31 March 2011

A neglected coup de plume

Posted by 3rd year at 08:28 – 1 comments

Shared by: Narjis Waseem An average Pakistani bookworm will read or come across a treasure trove of intense and often realistic literature composed by fellow citizens. In those words of experience and observation, fictional or otherwise, they will agree with at least some of what the book says or tries to convey, for that matter. That feeling of being able to relate leaves a positive message...

Reality check: India will win the semi-final

Posted by 3rd year at 08:24 – 1 comments

Shared by: Marium Nida siddiqui The Pakistan versus India semi-final on March 30 has the general population psyched on both sides of the border.People are vigorously praying to their respective Gods that they be given this win. Indians are keeping a vrat (fast) for the sake of the Indian team while people in Pakistan slaughter goats in the hope that God would accept their sacrifices and present a...

Labour of Love--Express Tribune

Posted by 3rd year at 07:55 – 1 comments

Shared by: Sobia Abdul Razzak LAHORE: With every cricket fan in Pakistan praying for the country’s victory in the ICC World Cup, all things revolve around cricket. While many plan on taking days off for the last three matches, other have preempted triumph and are busy scheduling celebrations, but two youngsters in Lahore have left everyone behind. Read Full Story...

29 March 2011

Arab spring: an interactive timeline of Middle East protests

Posted by 3rd year at 15:58 – 3 comments

Shared by: Ayesha Siddiqui Arab spring: an interactive timeline of Middle East protestsBy:Gary Blight and Sheila Pulham Ever since a man in Tunisia burned himself to death in December 2010 in protest at his treatment by police, pro-democracy rebellions have erupted across the Middle East. Our interactive timeline traces key eve...

Royal wedding set to storm the charts

Posted by 3rd year at 15:12 – 1 comments

Shared by: Kiran AshrafRoyal wedding set to storm the charts PRINCE William and Kate Middleton are set to storm into the charts after tying the knot, with the almost instant release of their wedding ceremony for download, record producers have announced. Read full st...

28 March 2011

Threat to Wildlife- The Independant

Posted by 3rd year at 00:32 – 3 comments

Shared by: Ayesha Siddiqui The plastic found in a single turtle's stomachHundreds of shards reveal the threat to wildlife from debris floating in our seas By Adam Sherwin This collection of hundreds of coloured, jagged shards could be a work of abstract art. But the objects in the photograph to the right are the contents of the stomach of a sea turtle that lost its battle with...

The 10 best home "Phones" -- The Independant

Posted by 3rd year at 00:23 – 9 comments

Contributed by: Ayesha Siddiqui see some of the amazing home phones in this interesting slide show by The Independantclick here to v...

A horrific accident on the Highway

Posted by 3rd year at 00:14 – 3 comments

Shared by: Sobiaa Rasheed Two people were killed and 60 were injured in a Brutal Road accident on the National highway early Monday 21.March.A speeding trailer over turned on a bus loaded with passengers and three more heavy vehicles including NED university of engineering and technology point bus,a truck and a Steel Mills Bus rammed into the wreck in a pileup.According...

'Hyperlocal' reporter dies, aged 87- The Guardian

Posted by 3rd year at 00:06 – 1 comments

Shared by: Noor-ul-ain Hanif 'Hyperlocal' reporter dies, aged 87Joyce Harmer, who recorded community life in north Norfolk newspapers for over 60 years, has died aged 87. In the years before the word "hyperlocal" was ever invented, Joyce filled countless columns as the village correspondent for the North Norfolk News. She reported on the activities of clubs...

23 March 2011

blunder...

Posted by 3rd year at 08:17 – 9 comments

By: Ayesha Siddiqui Can you believe this; a well-known organization can do these kinds of blunder?This picture has printed in Dawn newspaper on 22 March, 2010; in which they wrote “DEAR” instead of “DEER” ...

APNS awards ceremony on March 28- Dawn

Posted by 3rd year at 08:04 – 3 comments

By:Ayesha Siddiqui APNS awards ceremony KARACHI, March 21: The 21st APNS Awards ceremony will be held at President House in Islamabad on March 28. Awards will be distributed by President Asif Ali Zardari. --Dawn Those selected for the awards are: Best investigative report, Ayesha Siddiqa, Newsline; best investigative report (business / economic) Talib Qizilbash, Newsline; best investigative report (environmental / conservation / gender) Razia Fareed, Jang; best column (English), Huma Yousuf, ; best column (Urdu) Yasir Pirzada, Jang;...

I want To be On the Top Of the World- 7Day News

Posted by 3rd year at 07:30 – 8 comments

Contributed By: Syeda Maliha Begum A seven-year-old boy who is dying from a brain tumour is set to fulfil his last wish by travelling from America to Dubai to visit the Burj Khalifa.Noah Larkin has been infatuated with the world’s tallest building since he can remember and is determined to go up the 828m structure so he can feel “on top of the world”. His mother Amber said: “When he was four ...

22 March 2011

Romanian woman, 23, is world's youngest granny

Posted by 3rd year at 00:33 – 3 comments

By: Noor-ul-ain Hanif I was reading an unusual and interesting news. I want to share it with everyone, through Mc-Chronicle. Romanian woman, 23, is world's youngest granny A ROMANIAN woman is the world's youngest grandmother, aged 23, British tabloid The Sun reported.Mother of two, Rifca Stanescu was 12 when she had her first child Maria. A year later she had a son, Nicolae.Mrs Stanescu...

21 March 2011

Kiran Ashraf wants to share a newyork times story...

Posted by 3rd year at 23:49 – 0 comments

Why Yasir Qadhi Wants to Talk About JihadOn a chilly night in the dead of a New England winter, Yasir Qadhi hurried down the stairs of Yale University’s religious-studies department, searching urgently for a place to make a private call. A Ph.D. candidate in Islamic studies, Qadhi was a fixture on the New Haven campus. He wore a trim beard and preppy polo shirts, blending in with the other graduate...

20 March 2011

Path to freedom: Timeline of Davis case

Posted by 3rd year at 14:12 – 4 comments

By: Ayesha Siddiqui Jan 27: Raymond Davis, an American official, shot two youths in what he said was self-defence at Mozang Chowk in Lahore. He called for help and the second vehicle got into a fatal accident with a pedestrian and fled the scene. Police took Davis into custody and registered a case against him. Jan 27: Reports appear in newspapers that...

17 March 2011

Sabeen Jamil would like you to check out a Nieman Report

Posted by 3rd year at 23:31 – 2 comments

MC Chronicle, I'd like you to check out the following Nieman Report: Asking Questions in Small-Town America Can Be Dangerous ‘I knew we’d get a backlash for our reporting, which was far more aggressive than most small-town papers are willing to stomach. But the news media’s role as watchdog is vital in communities with a long-standing culture of corruption.’ By Samantha Swindler for full story - Sabeen Jamil (sj83pk@gmail.c...

Pakistan's ground-breaking female taxi driver -- BBC

Posted by 3rd year at 22:53 – 13 comments

Sabeen Jamil saw this story on the BBC News website and thought youshould see it. Pakistan's ground-breaking female taxi driver Pakistan's ground-breaking female taxi-driver, Zahida Kazmi, tells Nosheen Abbas about her two decades working in a male-dominated world. For complete story please visit the link *BBC Daily E-mail * Choose the news and sport headlines you want - when you...

Pakistan: World's deadliest country for journalists-Dawn

Posted by 3rd year at 22:49 – 11 comments

Thirteen journalists killed in the past 13 months. The world’s deadliest country for media personnel in 2010, with 11 killed, Pakistan continues to be one of the most dangerous in 2011. As well as being very badly paid, its journalists are exposed to every kind of danger. With its tribal northwest, its border with Afghanistan, its tension with India and its chaotic political history, Pakistan is one of the world’s most complex nations and its journalists confront a daunting array of problems that include terrorist threats, police violence,...

15 March 2011

Revision Mid-Term

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News Writing and Reporting (3061/5071) Revision Mid-Term (2nd March 2011)Number of Classes (18) Date of Examination (Monday, 7th March)Assignments: Analysis of news content, writing style and placement of news in different newspapers. Difference between news and news feature Campus reporting (two reports) Coverage of a...

What is news?

Posted by 3rd year at 19:04 – 1 comments

By: Ms Sabeen Jamil WHAT IS NEWS. A DOG BITES MAN OR A MAN BITES A DOG? A CAR KILLED CHICKEN OR A GIRL? A 25 YEAR OLD MAN MARRYING A 20 YEAR OLD GIRL OR A 65 YEAR OLD MAN MARRYING 10 YEAR OLD GIRL? HOW DO JOURNALISTS DECIDE WHAT IS NEWS? What is a news story? That tries to answer 5Ws and H in first two or there paragraphs. First para is called lead. Text is called...

How to write the lead/ types of lead

Posted by 3rd year at 18:59 – 4 comments

By: Ms Sabeen JamilHow to write the lead/ types of lead(14th February)Importance of lead: You have to hook readers. Compel them to read the story. Lead sells your story. Read a lot to get familiar with different types of leads and of the leads that you think are “good”Types of leads/ledes: 1)Quotation lede: you may open the story with a quote of a source in case of...

Inverted Pyramid Styles

Posted by 3rd year at 18:50 – 0 comments

By: Ms Sabeen Jamil In a hard news story, the lead should be a full summary of what is to follow. It should incorporate as many of the 5 "W's" of journalism (who, what, where, when and why) as possible. The inverted pyramidThe inverted pyramid is an anti-narrative structure of writing about events. Instead of starting at the beginning, the inverted pyramid structure...

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