Journalism tour for pupils

SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2013
Journalism tour for pupils

Nation University's Faculty of Communication Arts yesterday hosted a visit to Krungthep Turakij TV for over 100 high school pupils to learn about "new" journalism covering quality media work for television, newspapers and radio and adjusting to the digita

 

Nation Broadcasting president Adisak Limparungpatanakij said in his welcoming speech that had Thailand shifted from six free TV channels to 48 digital channels and there were 200 Cable TV channels. But many communication arts programs still didn’t support real changes so Nation U formulated a program under which graduates could work in all fields of media with quality. 
Natnathee Antarabut, a Mathayom 5 student from Kalasin Pittayasan School, said he wanted to study mass communications so he joined the program-introduction activities including one by Chiang Mai University. He was impressed with Nation University activities, which let students to see real-life working environments, visit Krungthep Turakij TV studio and play games about communications, so the university was among his key choices.