Journalism school is probably the best time to talk about ethics and write about morals and the efficacy of ideal journalism. Almost every media student has probably scribbled in their answers sheets that the practice of journalism is no longer devoted to ‘public interest’, rather it has shifted it paradigm to ‘commercial interest’. And graduation school probably remains the only place where you can talk about reporting things in a much codified way and with an idealistic approach. As a final year a journalism undergraduate student, I have observed one thing; there are two types of students who take up journalism studies. The first category of students believes journalism to be a very noble profession and believes in true patronage of sensible news. The second category, to put very bluntly believes media to be a fame making industry that is fuelled by popularity (read: circulation/readership/view ship). The difference between both types again being the attitude towards ‘public ...