Asian College of Journalism Placements: Average & Highest Package 2023, Chennai

Coming from Delhi, politics obviously enticed me more and therefore I was into politics front as all the projects and internship that I did were for political projects. I covered 2019 elections as they were just before our final exams and my work and everything was already seen by top brass on Republic TV. They had their head office in Mumbai and I wanted to be back in Delhi and therefore tried my hands at the other media houses but one thing that stayed with me were loyalties and therefore even though I had offer for Delhi from other media houses, I still chose to be stay with Republic TV for whom I am working till date.Read Full Review

Since my elective was sports, digital channels like Cricbuzz, Reuters, and others were there for placements. Maximum students were hired from the campus but with a salary of not more than 5 lakhs. Now after spending three years and doing a 6-month internship by paying all expenses from our pocket, such figures were hard to digest as in journalism business the jobs are gone without information. So, in a business of uncertainty, a job worth such amount was never going to be enough. I joined a digital channel and write questionnaires for a digital sports channel. All I know is that placements were not up to the mark in terms of figures but without ACJ, I don’t think, I could have laded to such places.Read Full Review

As students, we are asked to pick electives in addition to the core subjects. These more often than not ensured our placements. As a result, some of the top companies in journalism from Wion, Republic to Reuters turned up for the interview. The college backed us and gave us ample training and exposure to crack such peanuts. I am calling those interviews peanuts as 90% of us managed to impress the recruiters and had a job post that which I boasted in not just my friend's circle but also in the colony where my parents stay. I would rank Asian College of Journalism placements 10/10.Read Full Review