Mass Communication & Media

There are so many Certificate and Diploma courses in photography in India. Besides these, very few colleges provide a Bachelors degree in fine arts and photography.
The minimum education required for the professional courses in photography is 10+2. These courses contain the knowledge and art of photography, angle, lighting, technical knowledge of instruments as camera and understanding of fine arts.
The professional education in photography has three levels of study after 12th as the following:
Certificate courses: Certificate courses are taken the duration of six months after 12th in any stream.
Diploma courses: Diploma courses are taken the duration of one year after 12th in any stream. The list of diploma courses:
- Wedding photography
- Wildlife photography
- Fashion photography
- Journalism photography
Degree courses: Degree courses are taken the duration of three years after 12th in any stream. The list of degree courses:
- BA (fine arts)
- BA (Photography)

1. Get the proper education
The majority of news publications will require a journalism degree as well as some formal training in photojournalism. Some schools do offer specific photojournalism degree programs, where you could take journalism as a minor. Along with classroom training, students will receive hands-on instruction in the use of their equipment, as well as image editing, printing and publication software in computer and photo labs. Check out our journalism schools and request information to get started on your career.
Here is a sample of courses you might take:
- The Photographer and Photoshop
- Website Design for Photographers
- Editorial Photography
- Legal Issues in Photography
- The Photojournalists Eye
- Freelance Photography
- Digital Imaging Photography
2. Build a Portfolio
This may seem obvious, but you've got to take pictures. Wherever you go, you should take your camera with you, aiming for 50-100 photos a week. Use your best photographs to represent your work in your portfolio, focusing on ensuring that your photographs speak to a diverse audience. Your instructors can help you put together your portfolio, both online and in print. A good portfolio can help you secure an internship or entry-level job.
3. Publish Your Photographs
Create your personal website. For very little in startup costs, you can purchase a domain name (we recommend your working name). Contact local newsletters, school newspapers, trade magazines, and community newspapers, and show them your photographs. If you took pictures at a local event, contact the media and offer them the use of one of your photographs. Its critically important to advertise your product. In the beginning, you may not receive pay, but as more and more of your photos make their way into publication, you can begin to charge a fee for them.
4. Invest in Quality Equipment
At a minimum, you need a good-quality digital camera, a computer, and photo editing software. You can often find used equipment if cost is an issue. Instructors can make recommendations on a good source for reasonably-priced equipment.
5. Continue to Refine Your Photography Skills
Not only do you need to work on your picture taking to become a photojournalist, but you've got to develop your ability to edit and publish your images online. Quite often there is no photo editor in between your picture and publication, so you've got to have the skills to make your photos published.

As one can the industry is doing quite well for itself and is predicted to do well for some years now. The students of this trade can look forward to working in public relations, television, films, publishing, journalism, editing, direction, etc. The thing to remember while applying to the industry is that people with strong people skills and a head for communication will be preferred any give day over others. The job requires the aspirants to be skillful, energetic and also creative. Following are the various job profiles offered to graduates in mass communication:
- Sound Engineer
- Film Director
- Public Relations Officer
- Sound Mixer and Sound Recorder
- Special Correspondent
- TV Correspondent
- Producer
- Radio Jockey/ RJ
- Screenwriter
- Art Director
- Editor
- Event manager
- Video Jockey
- Fashion Photographer Cartoonist
- Illustrator
- Critic
- Photojournalist
Also on completing their graduation in Mass Communication the aspirants of the field can look forward to working with the following types of companies and areas:
- AIR - All India Radio
- Circulation and Public Relations
- Central Information Service
- Legal Affairs Department
- Journals
- News Agencies
- Press Information Bureau
- Photography Companies
- TV Channels
- Radio Telecasting Companies
- Websites Periodicals and Magazines
- Newspapers
- Advertising Agencies
- Books and Novels
- Blogs
- Broadcasting Corporations
- Pay Scale
Attractive and high paying jobs as journalist, actor, director, editor, screenwriter, RJ, producer, VJ are available to the talented and trained individuals. Starting salary for a mass communication professional could be between Rs 12,000 and 25,000 depending your people and communication skills. After 5 Years of work experience a professional can expect higher salary in the range of Rs 50,000 to Rs 1,00,000 per month.
The course is very different from dietary courses and therefore comparison between both the courses is not possible.