About the Program
In this course, students will bridge the gap between rigorous journalism and cinematic artistry, learning to translate real-world narratives into compelling visual experiences. The course also explores how nonfiction storytelling evolves across contemporary media platforms. Students will examine the techniques, ethics, and narrative structures that shape creative nonfiction content in podcasts, interactive documentaries, social media storytelling, data-driven narratives, and long-form digital journalism. The coursework emphasizes both theory and practice: students engage with key works of creative nonfiction, analyze narrative strategies, and create their own nonfiction pieces using a variety of media tools. By the end of the course, students will be able to craft compelling, ethically grounded nonfiction narratives tailored to diverse audiences.
Course Objectives
- Analyse major forms of creative nonfiction to identify and evaluate their narrative structures and rhetorical strategies.
- Evaluate the ethical considerations involved in producing creative nonfiction narratives, including accuracy, representation, and consent.
- Apply principles of narrative design to create original creative nonfiction stories using a variety of production tools.
- Integrate multimedia elements to develop cohesive, engaging nonfiction narratives for various media platforms.
- Critically assess how emerging technologies shape audience engagement, participation, and interpretation within nonfiction storytelling environments.
- Produce and revise creative nonfiction projects through iterative feedback, demonstrating clear improvement in narrative clarity, technical execution, and ethical storytelling practices.
Faculty
Prof. K S Mochish
Assistant Professor - CommunicationProf. Mochish holds a PhD and MPhil in Media and Cultural Studies from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, as well as a Master’s degree in Communication from the University of Hyderabad. His doctoral research critically examines the role of Malayalam newspapers in land struggles in Kerala from 1930 to 2008, offering a distinctive historical perspective on media and public action in the region. His academic interests include Political Communication, Press Freedom, Media History, Social Justice Journalism, Media and Development, Alternative Media, and the Intersections of Culture, Digital Technology, and Media.