Department of Journalism, St Aloysius College

Mangalore, Jan 7: ‘Dhwani,’ the bilingual students' journal of the Department of Journalism, St Aloysius College (SAC) was released by S Nandagopal, senior correspondent of The Times of India on January 6.

At the inaugural were present Fr Eugene Lobo SJ, principal, Fr Richard Rego SJ, editor-in-chief of Dhwani, and Suman Mendonca, staff, besides the students.

Journalism is not only about writing, it is much more, said Nandagopal. He was referring to the new issue of the students' journal. Presentation is equally important, he said, referring to Dhwani’s soft colours, picture collage and the overall design of the journal.

He expressed happiness over the way students are given an opportunity to express and cultivate their talents.

Fr Richard conducted the proceedings during which was the issue released by Nandagopal.

Dhwani is a bilingual biannual student tabloid produced by St Aloysius College. It is completely produced by the students of Journalism (final years), along commercial lines to get a first hand experience of their probably future assignment. The students decide on their team, issue theme, articles/ write-ups, advertisements, editing, lay out and design, and also distribute the same in the College and around.