Making Experts Accessible to All

Question 1

Who are we?

Our Mission

Making Experts Accessible to All

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Xpert - is a social learning app to help you learn from the best. We are not your regular online course, but rather an experience that is beyond regular classes, lectures & assignments. We have India's top experts across each profession share their experiences, opinions, techniques & advice accumulated over the lifetime of their careers.

Question 2

What is Reporting?

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Media correspondents are on the scene news reporters or journalists. Media correspondent works from remote areas and foreign countries. Sometimes media correspondents work in dangerous situations. Media correspondents provide the news through video recordings or written articles to the news companies. Media correspondent also works in teams with photographers and editors to show the news by live broadcast. Media correspondent also give their opinion to the news. Media correspondents covers various types of events such as natural disasters, war etc.

Question 3

What are the qualities of a Media Correspondent?

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A media correspondent should have good communication as they have to interact with a lot of people to get the news. A media correspondent should do what the journalistic ethics allow them to do. They should do tasks of reporting sincerely. A media correspondent must have good health because sometimes they to wait long to get the news and they also don't get time to sleep, so they shoul maintain their health. A media correspondent should have knowledge of technology and most important the patience so that he/she can complete the task properly.:

Question 4

Who are the top Media Correspondents?

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The most famous media correspondents are Christiane Amanpour (ABC News), Kate Adie (BBC), Louis Theroux (BBC), Diane Sawyer (ABC News), Glenn Greenwald (The Guardian), Walter Cronkite (CBS Evening News), Anderson Cooper (CNN's Anderson Cooper 360), Mark Ward (BBC News), Robert Fisk (The Independent), Hu Shuli (Caixin Media), Bob Woodward (The Post), Rukmini Callimachi (The New York Times), Nick Corasaniti (The New York Times), Christina Lamb (Sunday Times), Lyse Doucet (BBC), Jon Sopel(BBC).

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Not all battles are fought for victory - some are fought to tell the world that someone was there on the battlefield.

-Ravish Kumar, NDTV
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If you are not embarrassed or ashamed of your first version then you are shipping too late

-Shereen Bhan, CNBC TV18
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All television(news) means is one sense of idealism and one camera and an audience - nothing else.

-Arnab Goswami, Republic TV
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As I grew older, and more experienced in my profession, I recognized that every achievement would provoke a round of antipathy; it just came with the turf.

-Barkha Dutt, Journalist

Question 5

How can you start as a Media Correspondent?

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To start as a media correspondent, you should have a bachelor's degree in journalism or mass communication along with an internship or work experience from a college radio or television station or newspaper. You can also pursue a Master's in Journalism and Mass Communication. As a media correspondent you can go in any kind of media field and you will have to cover stories on various fields such as technological, crime, political, finance, sports, medicine etc. You can work in various areas such as Advertising agencies, Newspapers, Magazines etc.

Question 6

What are the challenges of being a Media Correspondent?

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Media correspondents have to face a lot of difficulties to cover a news and provide it to news companies. Sometimes they have to capture and shoot the news videos in very dangerous situations. In the event of war or natural disaster, media correspondents have to spend a lot of time at one location. Sometimes they even don't get proper food and sleep also. To keep up with social media trend, media correspondents need to make sure their stories are optimized for social media platforms. Correspondents should have in-depth knowledge of various field such as politics, finance current affairs etc.

Question 7

How can you learn
Reporting at Xpert?

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At Xpert, you can learn on the scene reporting from the top media correspondents who are on the top of their profession. You can learn how they started as media correspondents, what challenges does the top media correspondents faced during their journey, what keeps them motivated despite all the challenges etc. Xpert App helps you to connect with the top media correspondent professionals and allows you to ask all the questions that are bothering you. Xpert provides you knowlegde through life experiences, success stories etc.