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jour·nal·ism

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–noun

1.	the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business.

2.	press¹ (def. 31).

3.	a course of study preparing students for careers in reporting, writing, and editing for newspapers and magazines.

4.	writing that reflects superficial thought and research, a popular slant, and hurried composition, conceived of as exemplifying topical newspaper or popular magazine writing as distinguished from scholarly writing: He calls himself a historian, but his books are mere journalism.

[Origin: 1825–35; < F journalisme. See journal, -ism

]

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jour·nal·ism Audio Help (jûr'nə-lĭz'əm) Pronunciation Key
n.

The collecting, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles in newspapers and magazines and in radio and television broadcasts.
Material written for publication in a newspaper or magazine or for broadcast.
The style of writing characteristic of material in newspapers and magazines, consisting of direct presentation of facts or occurrences with little attempt at analysis or interpretation.
Newspapers and magazines.
An academic course training students in journalism.
Written material of current interest or wide popular appeal.

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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

journalism
noun
1.	newspapers and magazines collectively
2.	the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈjournalism noun

the business of running, or writing for, newspapers or magazines

Arabic:	صَحافَه
Chinese (Simplified):	新闻业
Chinese (Traditional):	新聞業
Czech:	žurnalistika, novinařina
Danish:	journalistik
Dutch:	journalistiek
Estonian:	žurnalistika
Finnish:	journalismi
French:	journalisme
German:	der Journalismus
Greek:	δημοσιογραφία
Hungarian:	újságírás
Icelandic:	blaðamennska
Indonesian:	jurnalisme
Italian:	giornalismo

Japanese:	ジャーナリズム
Korean:	신문업
Latvian:	žurnālistika
Lithuanian:	žurnalistika
Norwegian:	journalistikk
Polish:	dziennikarstwo
Portuguese (Brazil):	jornalismo
Portuguese (Portugal):	jornalismo
Romanian:	jurnalism
Russian:	журналистика
Slovak:	žurnalistika
Slovenian:	novinarstvo
Spanish:	periodismo
Swedish:	journalistik, journalistverksamhet
Turkish:	gazetecilik

See also: journalist, journalistic, journal

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Journalism

Jour"nal*ism\, n. [Cf. F. journalisme.]

1. The keeping of a journal or diary. [Obs.]

2. The periodical collection and publication of current news; the business of managing, editing, or writing for, journals or newspapers; as, political journalism.

Journalism is now truly an estate of the realm. --Ed. Rev.

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