JOURNALISM

Journalism is the production and distribution of

reports on events, facts, and important
people which may regard or inform the society to at
least some degree about civil affairs.
This term refers to the occupation,
the ways of gathering information, and
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the organizing literary styles. Journalistic media
includes television, radio and of course the internet...
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The main purpose of journalism varies from a

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country to another, however it mainly aims to

provide us; citizens with the necessary information
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for us to make the best decisions. In some nations,

the news are controlled by government and are not
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independent. In others, they are independent of

the government and count as a private industry.
 Journalism helps to explain the events that
impact our lives and is developed in a number of
forms and styles. Each journalistic form and style
uses different techniques and writes for different
purposes and audiences.​

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 There are five principal TYPES OF JOURNALISM

NEWS COLUMNS

FEATURE
INVESTIGATIVE REVIEWS
WRITING
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Investiative journalism aims to uncover the truth about
a particular subject, person,
or event. While investigative journalism is based on the
basic principle underlying all journalism-
verification and accurate presentation of facts-
investigative reporters
must often work with uncooperative or recalcitrant sou
rces who do not wish to divulge informations
 There are five principal TYPES OF JOURNALISM

NEWS COLUMNS

FEATURE
INVESTIGATIVE REVIEWS
WRITING
 NEWS
News journalism is straightforward. Facts are relayed without
flourishes or interpretation. A typical news story often
constitues a headline with just enough explanation to orient
the reader. News stories lack the depth of a feature story, or
the questioning approach of an investigative story. Rather,
they relay facts, events and information to society in a
straightfoward, accurate and unbiased manner.
 There are five principal TYPES OF JOURNALISM

NEWS COLUMNS

FEATURE
INVESTIGATIVE REVIEWS
WRITING
 REVIEWS
Reviews are partly opinion and partly fact based. The review needs to
accomplish two things :

Accurately describe or Provide an intelligent

1 identify the subject and informed opinion of
the subject, based on resear
reviewed
ch and experience

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 There are five principal TYPES OF JOURNALISM

NEWS COLUMNS

FEATURE
INVESTIGATIVE REVIEWS
WRITING
 COLUMNS
Columns are based primarily on the personality of the author,
allowing him or her to write about subjects in a personal style.
Column writers can take a humorous approach, or specialise in
a particular subject area or topic. It’s important for columnists
to develop their own voice that is recognisable by their
readership. Columnists can interpret events or issues or write
about their own personal experiences or thoughts. Columns
are usually published weekly.
 There are five principal TYPES OF JOURNALISM

NEWS COLUMNS

FEATURE
INVESTIGATIVE REVIEWS
WRITING
 FEATURE WRITING
Feature writing provides scope, depth, and interpretation of
trends, events, topics or people. Features aim not only to
thoroughly explore a topic by conducting interviews with
numerous experts or the key people involved, but to offer a
previously unseen perspective on an event, issue, or
person. Feature writing commonly wins prestigious awards
when it manages to achieve this goal. Features usually have
the highest word count of all journalism types.
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Journalism is an inseparable part of everyone’s life;

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everyone is affected directly and indirectly
by journalism.

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explores grey areas:
Unbiased journalism can break the shackles of society norms, and
fight tooth and nail to dig out the dirtiest and deepest of secrets.
It works as an eye opener, and renders awareness among the
society as a whole. Journalism speaks about the evils and
virtuousness of the society and lays out blatant facts for people
to read and develop an unbiased opinion.
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opportunities:
Journalism widens out various methods and strategies for
budding individuals to develop their reporting, communicating,
and managing skills. The propensity to think critically and
analyze certain aspects while comparing both sides of the coin
are important. Journalism and social media has seen meteoric
rise in terms of popularity, and unsurprisingly one can say that
the job sector has received enormous boost
Commercialism: 3
Commercialism has degraded the mindset of modern
journalists, and the will to dish out information and
facts have now been overtaken by fabricated means
of luring readers just to hype the popularity of their
page, channel, or newspaper. Irrelevant
advertisements and redundant and fillers tend to
gobble up a significant chunk of journalism these
days.
Taking advantage of
radical minds: 4
This is culminating into one of the most devastating
aspect of modern journalism. World was never short of
radical minds, but channeling someone’s ideologies
through journalism is a grave sin. Speaking on delicate
issues should be handled with care, but the trend is
seeming to go downhill day by day.
Taking advantage of
radical minds: 4
This is culminating into one of the most devastating
aspect of modern journalism. World was never short of
radical minds, but channeling someone’s ideologies
through journalism is a grave sin. Speaking on delicate
issues should be handled with care, but the trend is
seeming to go downhill day by day.
There are 2
types of
receivers
1 Just swallow what they receive

There is 2
types of
receivers

2 Have a critical mind

Read beyond the headlines
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 Take responsibility in fact-
checking the news that matters to you

While most outlets do their own fact-

checking, human error and bias can
affect the accuracy of any reporting, so check i
mportant stories against multiple sources
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 Look at multiple sources

Diversity of thought is so important when it comes

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to getting an accurate depiction of current events.
Avoid confirmation bias and read different points
of view to ensure you’re not consuming your news
in a vacuum, with one publication and one opinion
Don’t share stories on any platform
if you haven’t read them or vetted
the source

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