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Some
of our Alumna
Aung San Suu Kyi
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Shweta Rajpal Kohli |
Smt. Kiran Walia |
Naina Lal Kidwai |
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Alumna
Speak
What
Shweta (Economic Affairs Editor
NDTV 24x7), has to say about
the Program
(Batch of 1998)-
“When
I Joined the first batch of
Journalism at LSR in 1995, I
was told that I would be wasting
three years of my graduation.
‘Journalists are born & not
made’ is what most mediapersons
told me. So why on earth was
I pursuing a three-year course
in Journalism? Three years down
the line, I realised how wrong
they were.
The Journalism Course at LSR
helped me get a smooth entry
into the world of Journalism.
The course gives you an edge
over others who usually enter
the profession after completing
their post-graduation.”
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“Its
not what the course teaches,
its HOW they teach it
in LSR that gives you
the extra edge. Journalism
in LSR instills a sense
of confidence to brave
it through all th ehard
trying times. When everything
seems to be going wrong
all around, it has given
me the confidence to walk
up and say”I surely can”.
Akanksha
Banerji
Producer CNBC India Batch
of 1998 |
FULBRIGHT
SCHOLAR, COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF
JOURNALISMLSR JOURNALISM 2007
 Raksha
Kumar (batch of 2007) graduated
from the Graduate School of
Journalism, Columbia University
in May 2011. She majored in
TV news and was a member of
weekly news webcasts Columbia
News Tonight (columbianewstonight.org)
where she wrote shows and
reported and produced news
stories. As a recipient of Scripps
Howard Grant, Raksha also
reported from Israel and Palestine
in March 2011. One of her
majors was Managing Broadcast
Newsrooms.
Raksha
is a Fulbright Scholar and
has worked in various media
outlets in India. She was
an editor at NDTV for two
and a half years before she
began studies at the J-school.
While at NDTV she managed
a two hour live news programme
- The Breakfast Show.
While
at LSR, she managed to intern
at All India Radio, The Asian
Age and IANS that added a
great deal to her experience.
"LSR helped me gain a strong
foundation," she says, "I
got a new perspective of the
broader framework of the society
and the polity while at LSR".
She was the President of the
Debating Society for two consecutive
years in LSR and was the Editor
of the annual LSR magazine.
"My LSR experience was invaluable,"
she says.
SAKSHI
OJHA
Co founder and Editor of Indian
Compass
 LSR
Journalism batch of 2006
Sakshi
graduated with distinction
from the LSR's Journalism
programme in 2006 and was
offered a job with Hindustan
Times as a reporter-cum-sub
editor the same year. She
covered development and social
issues, education and the
arts. In 2007, she was awarded
a full-scholarship by the
European Commission to complete
her Erasmus Mundus Masters
in Media and Journalism, which
took her to universities in
Denmark, The Netherlands and
the UK. She graduated in 2009,
and went on to cover stories
for The Times and The Observer
in London. She is currently
the co-founder and editor
of Indian Compass (www.indiancompass.com),
a travel website launched
recently for Indians planning
a trip to Europe.
Experience at LSR Journalism
Excellent
teaching faculty and guidance.
LSR was as much about academic
excellence as it was about
creative brilliance. Journalism
at LSR offered a great mix
of theoretical and practical
knowledge. We spent as much
time in the college library
as we did at the India Habitat
Centre. Be it watching classic
films, or attending workshops,
interning at the best media
organisations, or attempting
to create our own newspaper,
we did it all at LSR.
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