Monday, September 3, 2012

What is Journalism? (Comms 239)


What is journalism? Without having any former precognitions of the correct definition, I would define journalism as the study of accurately reporting or delivering information to the world through different channels of media. There are various ways of communicating information to the world, whether it is by the nightly news, a newspaper article, or simply by talking to a neighbor about the recent Republican National Convention. There are some mediums that seek to misinform the public, though such sources do not define pure journalism. True journalism seeks to inform the community at large of the events taking place in the world as quickly and as honestly as possible. Of course, there is room for bias depending on the individuals reporting the information or even from the channel or corporation in control of reporting the news. It is essential in journalism, however, to report information as seems most honest and basically informative. Journalism in any form is protected under the constitution. We are lucky to have the freedom to publish our work in any way we wish, whether it be through print, broadcast, or in any other form of journalism that exists. Overall, journalism is the means by which we are able to communicate information on a mass basis.  

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