What is Journalism?

Journalism is the gathering, analyzing, and presenting of information about current events or matters of public interest. Journalists are required to adhere to a number of professional ethical standards.

This post is going to explore what journalism is and its history over time. This will include topics such as: ethical standards, what it is, difficulties in journalism and more. At the end we will explore some jobs you can do in journalism and where to look for them.

What is Journalism?

Journalism is the gathering, analyzing, and presenting of information about current events or matters of public interest. Journalists are required to adhere to a number of professional ethical standards.

The most prominent civic journalism site was Online NewsHour created by Jim Kitchell in 1995. The Online NewsHour was the first site on the web devoted to providing live coverage from journalists based at WETA-TV, the PBS station in Washington D.C. Another civic journalism site was Charting Change which began in 1997. Charting Change had over 160 news organizations and included people who were not professional journalists but learned how to use new media for reporting purposes and for discussion of community issues online.

There are many ethical issues that lie within journalism:

The growth of digital journalism has led to a number of changes in the industry. Yet, despite these changes, journalism remains one of the most influential media in modern society. Journalism is often spoken about in terms of helping people with their civic duties, but what does that mean exactly? Can it be quantified? Answering these questions will help determine the worth of today's journalism.

There are three common measurements used to describe journalism: quantity (how much news is published), quality (how well it is produced), and impact (how well it informs). The quantity of news has been growing over the past decade, but there is debate about whether the news is of adequate quality. In terms of impact, there is more evidence that news helps people with civic duties than before.

Journalism has evolved from a local industry to a national and international one. The majority of Americans now use the internet to find and share news stories. Even in countries where people do not have access to the internet, they can still get access to information due to leaflets being distributed throughout communities. Internet Media and New Technologies are changing the journalism industry in many ways.