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Intelligence, courageous, unbiased,
knowledgeable, must rise to the
occasion, when the public interest
is trampled upon, educate the
society, level the pulse of the
people, ambition to excel and
above all a watch dog of the public
interest, these are some of the
many qualities a journalist has to
have before entering into this
profession. What is journalism?
The art of collection and
dissemination of information
which wi sigs eriwhich would interest the reader is
called Journalism.
Modern journalism has many
ramifications, like General news
reporting, crime reporting, sports,
economics, business, politics,
interviews, off beat sensational
stories, column writing, book
reviews and the most prestigious
and most hazardous Investigative
reporting!
Investigative journalism quickly
earns enemies. The offenders will
want to sate the score with the one
who exposed their shady activitiesand attempt to wipe him out too. At
times die office of the newspaper/
magazine is targeted too. While it
has its own perils, the other
branches are not the bed of roses.
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A journalist has no set timing. He
has to be ever alert to rise to die
occasion; die news will not wait for
him! While covering tragic news,
he shall not expose his emotional
feelings. His job is to collect the fact
and report. There is no room for
such sentiments.Any newspaper or magazine
cannot afford to appoint reporters
every nook and cranny of the
entire country or the whole world.
Yet how do they publish news from
far off states and countries? To
enable them to publish news from
far lung areas, there are news
agencies, like PTI, UNI, REUTER,
CNN, etc. These agencies have
journalists all over the world.
These people collect die news and
feed the newspapers and
magazines, who subscribe for
them.Of course, journalism has certain
privileges. A journalist personally
sees or chats with the celebrities
about whom we read or hear or see
in TV and newspapers. However, it
is expected of a journalist to him
straightforward and honest.
However, die critics did not spare
this profession too.
ADVERTISEMENTS:
Northclilfe says, “A profession,
whose business it is to explain to
others, what he personally doesn’t
understand!” A. Stevenson
remarked, “Editor: one who sorts“Tunderstand!”A-Stevenson
remarked, “Editor: one who sorts
die wheat from the chaff and print
the chaff!” Amusing and
interesting, isn’t it?
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