Mr.Srinivas,the editor of Bangalore Mirror interacts with Mediapod kids of Inventure.
Today we went to Bangalore’s Mirror press. We learnt many things over there. There were many computers and people over there. We first met the sports editor MR.Satish Paul. He was very kind. He told us how he and his team work. He told us how important it was to follow rules and he told us the consequences we would have to face if we didn’t follow the deadline. He told us a fact that sports is only the criteria in which foul language is allowed. We told him about our sports day and he asked us to tell us how would we put it on the magazine? We all gave him points that we took the picture of the medalist. We took some pictures when students were on the finishing line. We told him how the sports day started and ended. He was very impressed with us.
Then we met the editor of Bangalore Mirror Mr.Srinivas . He showed us the Bangalore Mirror paper. He showed the headlines and explained some. He even told us that whenever we write an article we should make a catchy heading and the first paragraph should be interesting so the person is interested to read more. Then we were discussing a article about “We sold our Baby for 9,000”. He told us what happened in this article. He did a sting operation for this. Sting operation is when you record thing without people knowing it. Then he showed us the Bangalore Mirror page website. He told u show it works and all.
Then we all gathered at the conference room and we got burgers too eat. We were really hungry and the burger was just the right food. After finishing the burger we all thanked him and we went to the bus and went back home. The trip was amazing. We learnt many things.
Parthiv Shah
Grade7 A
Media Pod
A DAY AT “BANGALORE MIRROR”
The paper was launched on June 8, 2007.
IN THE EDITOR’S OFFICE
In the editor’s office we learned a lot about the content of the paper and how the writers get their stories. The paper is mainly for people of ages 18-35 and techies. There are many visuals/pictures. The paper is compact, not broad-sheeted. The first 13 pages are about the youth of Bangalore. There are a lot of advertisements.
SECTIONS:-
1) SCI-TECH- this section is about the gadgets and how to use them, etc.
2) JOY-STICK-this section is the gaming section, frequently the editor includes cheat codes.
3) WORKAYANA-this section is about the work ethics and how to get/have a job.
4) MAD, MAD WORLD-this section has the funny/strange stories.
5) ENTERTAINMENT-this section has movies and more gaming sites, etc.
6) BUSINESS-this section is about the investments, etc.
7) KIDZ ZONE-this section is where good paintings and comics get published.
STING REPORTING
Sting reporting is basically spying or going undercover to find news. They use spy cameras which look like pens. The pen has a small battery attached to it and you just hook the pen to your shirt pocket while the recorder is hundred meters away or less. There can be a computer attached to it anywhere and the person sitting at the computer can take a picture whenever they want.
AT THE MAIN DESK
The Bangalore Mirror is an “out of the box” newspaper. They do hard news and soft news. Most of it is hard news. The writers see other newspapers and try to make their papers unique by writing news that most of the other papers do not have. They make dummy newspapers before printing the final copy. The paper finally has thirty-six pages. 50-55 people work for the Bangalore Mirror. They use the Quark Express software to design the paper.
A TALK WITH SATISH PAUL-HEAD OF THE SPORTS DEPARTMENT
The sports department is the only place where you can use “flowery” language. You cannot assume and presume and you can only write exact facts.
In any newspaper you cannot plagiarize.
Maya Sanaba,
Grade 7A
Trip to Bangalore Mirror(A Poem)
We went to Bangalore Mirror
And came back before dinner
We learned quite a lot
And their building is in a huge plot
They make thousands of newspapers
With piles as tall as skyscrapers
We talked with the chief editor
Very unlike a meditator
He taught us about the newspaper
And he did us a really big favor
We then came home on the bus
Without making a lot of fuss
When at home I had my dinner
And said I had fun at Bangalore Mirror
--Sharon Roy 6B
Grade 6B
Media Pod
Bangalore’s Mirror Press Visit
Bangalore Mirror was a paper launched on June 8th 2007 and as the editor of this paper Mr.Shrinivas says it is a baby compared to other newspapers. I personally think it being a baby is far ahead of any other local city newspaper. It has everything you would want to read early in the morning from entertainment to sports to current city news. It is a paper for the youth you can tell by looking at it .It is a compact tabloid shaped paper that consists of many colours, pictures visuals and content that normally interests the youth. The Bangalore mirror team is of about 53-55 people. The paper has 40% ads and 60% content.
The first 13 pages of the Bangalore Mirror consist of Technologist Issues then there are pages for the following stuff:
Sci-Tech page: This page gives us and update on all the new kind of technology/ gadgets.
Joystick page: This is the first paper to have a gaming page it also consists of cheats and codes.
Workayana Page: This page gives the youth advice on how to faced an interview, tips to pass your exam, etc.
Mad – Mad world page: This page is about crazy, extreme or comical stuff happening around the world.
Entertainment section: This section consists of the tittle-tattle happening around the world
Bangalore Moment Page : This is a page where one can write an article or post a pic on the Bangalore mirror website (www. Bangaloremirror.com) and if interesting will come onto this page the Bangalore moment.
Blog Talk: This page consists of stuff about Namma Bangalore.
Kidz Zone: where kids post pain tings on the blog and the best one is put on the paper.
And believe it or not there is much -much more to this paper than that!
The team of Bangalore Mirror paper say that the enjoy writing hard news more than soft news. “Soft news is hardly exiting”said the editor Mr.Shrinivas when we asked him what kind of news he likes writing more.
Coming to sports we had a small chat with Mr.Satish Paul the head of the sports department and he told us about how much he enjoyed playing sports and how much he liked sports journalism. “If you don’t have passion for the game and you don’t have any knowledge about the sport you can not be a sports journalist.” Was exactly how he put it. He also told us that the beauty of sports journalism was that you could use flowery words to express you love/ Passion for the game. And the hard part of this kind of journalism is that you don’t assume or presume. You just state facts. He also told us that “If you ever mess or play with your deadlines you will be thrown out of the job”. The Bangalore mirror is the only paper that does not focus only on cricket infact it is the only paper to have news on NBA.
The Trip
The trip to Bangalore mirror delayed us by a lot of time causing us to reach home very late but Id say it was all worth it as we learnt so much stuff today and I would love to go there again. (To help with a sting operation!)
Kashvi Bajaj
Grade 7A'Media Pod
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