Introduction to Journalism
Introduction to Journalism
What it Means
Journalism as a craft, a profession and even as a trade or business is over twocenturies old. It was made possible by the coming together of a number of tech nologies as well as several social, political and economic developments.
Them a i n t e c h n o l o g i e s t h a t f a c i l i t a t e d t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f l a r g e s c a l e p r i n t i n g a n d distribution of print material were the printing press.
Journalism is the art and science of gathering, selecting and processing information or ideas, intelligence for dissemination to the public. The media of dissemination are usually the print or broadcast channels. In other words, there is journalism for the print and the broadcast. For both them, the journalist follows the same principles and is guided by the same determinants/values in gathering news materials. What makes them different, lies in the adaptation of the principles to bear upon or reflect the specific features of the medium. For instance, a news story for transmission in the radio medium should use words, which are simpler and mostly conversational. But, in the newspaper or magazines, words may not be as simple and less conversational.
Good journalism consists of the intelligent assembly of relevant facts.
Getting the facts to work with is not an easy task. Yet, it is the most important responsibility of the reporter. Newsgathering therefore concerns the ‘what’, ‘where’ and ‘How’ of identifying, selecting, collating and processing of information for publication in the newspaper, magazine, radio, television. To achieve all this, demands the special skill of nosing for news.
DEFINITION OF JOURNALISM
Journalism
is anything that contributes in some way in gathering, selection, processing of news and current affairs for the press, radio, television, film, cable, internet, etc.
Journalism is a discipline of collecting, analyzing, verifying, and presenting news
regarding
What it Means
Journalism as a craft, a profession and even as a trade or business is over twocenturies old. It was made possible by the coming together of a number of tech nologies as well as several social, political and economic developments.
Them a i n t e c h n o l o g i e s t h a t f a c i l i t a t e d t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f l a r g e s c a l e p r i n t i n g a n d distribution of print material were the printing press.
Journalism is the art and science of gathering, selecting and processing information or ideas, intelligence for dissemination to the public. The media of dissemination are usually the print or broadcast channels. In other words, there is journalism for the print and the broadcast. For both them, the journalist follows the same principles and is guided by the same determinants/values in gathering news materials. What makes them different, lies in the adaptation of the principles to bear upon or reflect the specific features of the medium. For instance, a news story for transmission in the radio medium should use words, which are simpler and mostly conversational. But, in the newspaper or magazines, words may not be as simple and less conversational.
Good journalism consists of the intelligent assembly of relevant facts.
Getting the facts to work with is not an easy task. Yet, it is the most important responsibility of the reporter. Newsgathering therefore concerns the ‘what’, ‘where’ and ‘How’ of identifying, selecting, collating and processing of information for publication in the newspaper, magazine, radio, television. To achieve all this, demands the special skill of nosing for news.
DEFINITION OF JOURNALISM
Journalism
is anything that contributes in some way in gathering, selection, processing of news and current affairs for the press, radio, television, film, cable, internet, etc.
Journalism is a discipline of collecting, analyzing, verifying, and presenting news
regarding