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As a staff correspondent

Submitted to Mr. AnayeturRahman

Lecturer

Department of Journalism and Mass Communication Daffodil International University

Submitted by Mir Samiul Shirsha

ID: 161-24-544

Department of Journalism and Mass Communication Daffodil International University

Date of Submission

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Letter of Transmittal

09 December, 2019 AnayeturRahman Lecturer

Department of Journalism and Mass Communication Daffodil International University.

Subject: Submission of Internship Report.

Honorable Sir,

I am pleased to submit the Internship Report as a partial fulfillment of BSS (Hons.) in Journalism and Mass Communication. I concentrate my best to present this report on my internship from theDhakanews71.com.

It was a great opportunity for me to acquire knowledge and experience in thisonline news portal.

I believe that the knowledge and experience I have gathered during my internship period will immensely help me in my professional life and my career.

I have given my best efforts to achieve the objectives of the practical orientation and I hope that my endeavor will serve the purpose. However, I will always be happy to welcome any further clarification that you may require.

Sincerely

Mir Samiul Shirsha Id: 161-24-544

Department of Journalism and Mass Communication Daffodil International University.

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Certificate of Approval

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Acceptance of Internship Placement

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Acknowledgement

This internship was the last step of my undergraduate studies as a student of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Daffodil International University. My internship has been a very good experience for me because It has given me a chance to understand the real journalism outside the classroom.

At first, I am grateful to Almighty God for providing me with enough patience to finish this report. I would like to give thanks to my University supervisor AnayeturRahmanfor his warm hearted supervision and provide me the guideline and his kind suggestions during my internship period and while writing this report.

I would also like to thank the authority of the Dhakanews71.com for giving me the opportunity to do my internship in their organization. The experience and knowledge I gained atDhakanews71.com helped me understand different elements related to my study. For this very reason, I would like to thank Mr..Rifshan Rimon Rizve (Assignment Editor) of the news portal for helping me to join the organization as an intern. Who is being very helpful and kind even his busy time on duty. I must thank Mr. Fahadul Islam (Head of News) for his valuable time and advice. He guided me very well as I can do the best in my job.

I also want to thank all the employees of Dhakanews71.com, especially thanks Rafid Rahman (Senior Sub-Editor). They had been very cooperative and supportive to me during my internship period.

I like to thank my family and friends for their support and inspirations. The love, prayers and support of my mother and father has uplifted me to finish my study well.

Mir Samiul Shirsha

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Chapter One

Introduction

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1.1 -What is Internship& its Significance

Internship is an opportunity to learn practical aspects of professional work life which is very different from what we learn in the class-rooms. Learning happens through Education, Exposure and Experience. Internship provides us a taste of learning through Exposure and Experience.

Here are a few things we may get while doing internship..

1. A mentor — an ordinary person, who is very different from most of the teachers we have seen so far.

2. A target — though University also provides us target for assignment submission. Here we may get a sense of someone watching us while we work on a target. There is a sense of achievement or disappointment depending on whether we meet a target or not.

3. Everything here is out of Syllabus — we won’t be provided with a syllabus to complete.

We will learn as we go. We may not learn anything if we do not take action.

4. We get to learn about the Industry, customers, competition and the real world of business.

5. We may get to realize our strength and interest. What we thought our primary interest may found to be not so when it gets tested in real world.

6. Last but not the least, we will get an opportunity to build relationships, make friends and choose our future work place.

Experience is becoming a crucial factor for employers when deciding who gets their foot in the door. It’s strongly advised that students and graduates take the opportunity to complete a period of work experience to ensure they have a competitive advantage over their peers and that’s where an internship can make all the difference.

In internship period it helps a student to improve their academic knowledge and practical knowledge by working on the field and origination.

It also helps to develop skill and motivates the student for being professional. Internship creates

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1.2 -Background of Dhakanews71.com

Dhakanews71.com is a leading online newsportal of Bangladesh, published in Bengali language from Dhaka. Latest news stories are always uploaded here.

The acting editor is Mr. Khandoker Mojammel Haque, Assingment Editor is Mr. Rifshan Rimon Rizve. Dhakanews71.com’s head office is at 4^th floor, Kabir Uddin Bhaban, REB road, Palli bidyut, Ashulia, Savar, Dhaka.

It has been published since the beginning of 2019. Though it is a miniature published news portal but already got popularity.

This section’s association with the internet has added a new dimension. It does not only created a new platform but also creates a medium for interaction between readers and writers. For instance, online readers can easily comment and share a news article after reading it in the online version of The Dhakanews71.com.

Appearance of the Dhakanews71.com

Product Overview of Dhakanews71.com

**National

**Politics

**International

**Campus

**Column

**Sports

**Tarunner Poramorsho

**Entertainment

**Business

**Lifestyle

**Health

**Education

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Organogram of Dhakanews71.com

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1.3- Supervisor at Dhakanews71.com

While I was interning at Dhakanews71.com, my supervisor was Mr. Rifshan Rimon Rizve. He is the Assignment Editor of the newspaper, who simultaneously works at video and tourism sector of the portal.

He supported me in every way possible. He has been a great mentor. I've learned many important things from him. He guided me throughout my entire period of my internship.

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1.4 –Who is a Staff Correspondent?

Staff correspondent is the permanent staff of the house. There is 4-5 years of experience needed to become a staff correspondent. He might be provided by some reporters who will report to him.

Staff correspondents are assigned by the house to cover events. He also collects and analyses facts about newsworthy events by interview, investigation or observation. He reports and writes stories for the portal.

1.5 -Duration of Internship

As an Intern Journalist at Dhakanews71.com, I have worked for ten weeks [3 months]. My internship at Dhakanews71.com starts at 27^th September 2019 and it officially ended at 06^thDecember 2019.

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Chapter Two

ACTIVITIES DURING INTERNSHIP

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2.1 - List of weekly activities

First week (27

^th

September to 3

^rd

of October)

** Got instructions from Mr Rifshan Rimon Rizve (Assignment Editor).

** Introduced to news reporters, they helped me in many ways.

** Organized my desk.

** Got the basics to use the portal. (How to write in portal, how to organize things, setting up my profile.

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Second week (4

^th

October to 10

^th

of october)

** Wrote my 1^stfeature for Dhakanews71.com

** Wrote news in a format given by Head of News

** Practiced how to edit news

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Third week (11

^th

October to 17

^th

October)

** Visited the local matkets.

** Attended the general meeting

** Published a by-line news

** Edited news

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Fourth Week (18

^th

October to 23

^th

October)

**Got idea of covering a live event.

**I tried to know as much the social media control of Dhakanews71

**Edited news

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Fifth Week (24

^th

October to 30

^th

October)

** Got the 1^st assignment work

** Live covered press conference Of Mousumi regarding Cholochirto Shilpi Somiti Election

** Got to know the challenges of field work

**Edited news

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Sixth week (01

^st

November to 07

^th

November)

** Attended the general meeting

** Published several desk reports.

**Edited news

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Seventh week (08

^th

November to 14

^th

November)

** Published several exclusive desk report.

** Communicated with the sports reporters of another houses.

**Edited news.

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Eighth week (15

^th

November to 21

^st

November)

** Published an exclusive by-line report.

** Discussed news report with different media house reporters

** Meeting with central authority of Dhakanews71

** Edited news.

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Ninth week (22

^nd

November 28

^th

November)

** Went out for information gathering

** Checked emails and documents.

**My house congratulates me for my previous work

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Tenth week (29

^th

November to 5

^th

December)

** Published a by-line spot report

** Attended the meeting, discussed about my activities

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Chapter Three

LEARNING AND EXPERIENCE

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3.1 - Knowledge gathering

Through my internship at Dhakanews71.com, I had many sweet experiences which gave me valuable insights on how online journalism works and how I am going to perform in future.

Knowledge that I had gathered during my internship are listed below How online journalism works:

Time changes, and so the technologies of the world. These changes brings out online journalism to the front. Online journalism is the mirror to reach the people faster and to provide the update news.

Practical Experience:

Writing a news report going on field is very hard task to complete. One needs to have a very good news sense and have very good idea on what happened and update any breaking events or moments.

During my internship at Dhakanews71 my written news were edited by my senior members. But later, my written reports were edited by myself as well. This experience gave a boost to my capability of hunting down news and selecting the necessary parts and make attractive, meaningful headlines.

Policy:

My internship also gave a clear idea on how house policy affects the news covered by a media house.

3.2 - Tools and technologies Used

During my internship at Dhakanews71 I used many technologies for my work. I used PC for my everyday work.

I also have to use many applications for my work, such as Microsoft word, bijoybayanno Bangla keyboard, Adobe Photoshop, Gmail, Unicode Converter.

I also needed to use Google for searching several websites. And use e-mail.

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3.3 - Special experience

Right after my joining at Dhakanews71 I got the responsibility of the Entertainment bit. I was assigned to cover the press conference of Mousumi, a popular actress of Bangla films regarding the Cholochitro Shilpi Somiti Election. I went there with my reporter and cameraman as an incharge of the bit. I have covered the event in written and video formate and also have done a facebook live.

I discussed different topics with the film stars. I have never had the opportunity to see so many stars face to face before. By covering this press conference, I realized a mistake I had made and I include this in my experiences. The election was on the next day; and I missed to collect the yellow card as I soon left the conference when it is finished. The yellow card was the entry card for the election. I will certainly not make this mistake a second time in the next election or any event.

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Chapter Four

Evaluation of Learning

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4.1 - Academic learning and practical work

There are huge difference between academic learning and practical work. To be master on a work, one should have the experience of both practical work and academic learning. Those two things go hand in hand and each has their own importance.

As a student of Journalism and Mass Communication, I have gained lots of academic knowledge in last four years with lot of fieldwork experience. But the practical working situation and environment is quite different from academic learning.

During our academic practicing, we do not need to think much about time. Our teachers have given us enough time to complete our course assignment. But in our professional life, punctuality should be maintained. We know that in this digital era every news and information spread around the world within very short time. We must have the ability to realize the value of real time news.

So, it is easily understandable that there are several distinction between the professional and academic life.

4.2 -Skills developed during my internship

I have done my internship as a reporter atDhakanews71.com. I also work as a sub-editor during my internship. I have written and edited many report. During my internship I develop many skills. They are given bellow:

** Collecting resources

** Practical field experience

** Covering events

** Preparation before field visit

** Developing social relationships

** Time management

** Office rules & regulations

** Translating

** News writing

** News formatting

** Headline writing

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Chapter Five

Conclusion

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5.1 - SWOT Analysis

Strengths

 Always tries to publish updated and latest news

 There is a huge number of readers all over the country.

 It has a good number of experienced young journalist leaders.

 It is a well representative of the young generation of Bangladesh and many youngstars are connected with this institution.

Weaknesses

 Lack of office management

 There is a lack of good and experienced communicator.

 Weakness in video editing panel.

Opportunities

 Some systems should be changed to strengthen the office management, (Hiring capable employee, office staffs.)

 Need to find a good young communicator to make the communication stable.

 The blank space ofvideo editor must be exchanged with a well experienced video editor.

Threats

 Political Influence

 The competition is high but the benefit is less.

 Lawsuits for misrepresentation of any news or information.

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Conclusion

Overall, I think my internship experience at Dhakanews71.com was extremely good. I am happy to be fortunate enough to work with so many talented people of Dhakanews71.com. During my internship period I earned so many knowledge and experiences that will help my professional and career life.

My internship journey started at 27^th September, 2019 and it officially ended at 7^th December, 2019. This three-months journey has not only taught me how to be professional in a work environment, but also helped me to use my theoretical knowledge in real‐life situations as well and I feel very proud to be the part of Dhakanews71.com. Thanks to my university, university teachers and Dhakanews71 staffs.

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References

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https://www.wikipedia.org/

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https://www.dsebd.org/

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https://www.cse.com.bd/

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http://www.sec.gov.bd/

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https://dhakanews71.com/

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www.daffodilvarsity.edu.bd

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Annex

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