BAJMC student wins 3rd place in print competition
Times of Bennett | Updated: May 01, 2023 12:11
By Pranavi Ambati
“I came to know about the competition through a friend. Not all college fests have journalism-based competitions. I found this to be a unique chance and, hence, participated in it,” he said.
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According to the instructions, the newspaper page was to be filled with 5 different sections: Story, Caricature, Advertisement, Article and
Thus, for the ‘Story’ section of the page, he wrote of ‘EcoBack’ – a fictional mobile case that is recyclable. With consumers changing their smartphone cases with changing seasons, it is an issue undoubtedly worth addressing.
Under the ‘Caricature’ segment, he fleshed out a satire on the nature of the big industrialists jumping into the rat race of promoting sustainable innovation, all while continuing harm the natural resources.
Advertisements are highly integral to the newspaper industry; they bring in the most revenue and can be considered as the backbone of the print media. Thus, the art of designing and placing the print ad too was a parameter of judgement. For this, Omji chose to create an advertisement for an eco-friendly dental hygiene kit ‘Eco-Kit’ that is a gift for the reader’s loved ones.
But nothing is more central than the editorial content to a newspaper. It is the very reason that even in the day and age of technology, the printed word has more credibility associated to it. Correspondingly, the ‘Article’ segment was not constricted by the theme. Thereby, Omji chose to write a news article on ‘
Having addressed the mandatory requirements, it was the ‘
Which font to use, how to align the text, where to place the advertisements and what headlines to give – it was his learnings as a
“The competition was in December, and the result came out on April 14. I had almost forgotten about the event until I heard the news. I was happy and it feels like I have reclaimed confidence,” he said.
Despite the win, Omji’s biggest take-away is that there’s always scope for improvement, no matter how perfect one feels their work is.
A word of advice for his juniors:
(The writer is a Semester II student of BA (
