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journalism

[ jur-nl-iz-uhm ]

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noun

the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business.
press ¹( def 31 ).
a course of study preparing students for careers in reporting, writing, and editing for newspapers and magazines.
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.

journalism

/ ˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm /

the profession or practice of reporting about, photographing, or editing news stories for one of the mass media
newspapers and magazines collectively; the press
the material published in a newspaper, magazine, etc
this is badly written journalism
news reports presented factually without analysis

From the French word journalisme, dating back to 1825–35. See journal, -ism

E.J. Graff, senior fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, is the author of What Is Marriage For?

She was so great and it made everything click for me, because I was also interested in journalism.

What I want to do there is build video journalism, and build out a team.

The history of journalism is filled with hoaxes, sensationalism, and widespread misconceptions.

Then, in May 2009, he turned to something completely different: the power of journalism.

This was the first college journalism class offered in the United States.

We have already seen the motives which first induced him to take up journalism.

However, I had no money to indulge in such luxuries, so on leaving Cambridge I looked to journalism for a living.

Thenceforward a paper war was waged between the two political divisions of journalism.

But either there is a change in journalism, too gradual for you to remark it on the spot, or there is a change in me.

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