Srinagar, Aug. 13 -- By Syed Sammar Mehdi

The agenda at the Islamic University of Science and Technology in Awantipora this week read like a snapshot of a media industry in transition.

Faculty members and outside experts gathered around a Board of Studies table to examine postgraduate programmes that place artificial intelligence closer to the centre of journalism education.

The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication convened the meeting on Wednesday, chaired by Prof. Afroz Ahmad Bisati, Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Dr. Rabia Noor, head of the department, welcomed the Board members as they began examining two proposed programmes: a two-year postgraduate course in Mass Communication with AI and a one-ye...