Journalists gather news and reports them through their writing. Journalism can appear in various media including newspapers, magazines, and now - the Internet.
Journalists are expected to be out at the scene of their story to gather first-hand information. They may also use other information gathering modes like the telephone, emails, interviews and many more.
The wide variety of subjects that a journalists can write on politics, business, health, education, sports, hobbies, lifestyles, fashion, food, pets, relationships, family and so so many more - actually - there are no boundaries to the kinds of subjects that a Journalist can write on (but he/she will have to keep in mind his/her company's aim, motto, vision, rules and regulations...etc.)
Thanks to the invention of the Internet - WE ARE ALL JOURNALISTS NOW!
Citizen journalism are what we call ourselves now. With millions of bloggers, and readers, online news sources have radically reshaped the way we access our daily news.
While mainstream news organizations have expressed doubt about the value of online sources such as blogs, they too have gone online with their own blog sites with employees maintaining them.
For example, Singapore has its own xin.sg and stomp - these two websites are places were the community meet online to discuss certain issues, post their thoughts and to read about other'sopinions too. If online sources are not reliable or of value, then how do you explain the big number of blogs (especially offical blogs e.g.political party blogs)?
Technorati, a blog search engine, reports that it tracks 75,000 new blogs each day. Wow! with giant growth daily, I predict that within a few years, everyone will have at least one blog - now I have 3 blogs! ;-)
Collaborative news sites, staffed by volunteer citizen journalists, have also grown in popularity. For example, Ohmy News, a South Korean news site that publishes exclusively user-generated stories in both Korean and English, has developed into one of that country's leading news sources.
From a media perspective, the emergence of citizen journalism has blurred the line separating mainstream/traditional media from online new media. This to me is an advantage as more sources of information will mean greater knowledge - as long as I know how to deceide for myself what is real and what is not real on media.
Online media is always seen as less credible and unrealiable. People get this negative idea as they think that anyone - including children can join in with the conversation online. This is true, but I feel that it may not be bad. We can learn from all.
I see the further of journalism as something exciting, with a place for me to express myself freely.
References:
http://michaelgeist.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1280&Itemid=85
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