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journalism

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jour·nal·ism  (jûrn-lzm)
n.
1. The collecting, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles in newspapers and magazines and in radio and television broadcasts.
2. Material written for publication in a newspaper or magazine or for broadcast.
3. 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.
4. Newspapers and magazines.
5. An academic course training students in journalism.
6. Written material of current interest or wide popular appeal.

journalism
Noun
the profession of collecting, writing, and publishing news through newspapers and magazines or by radio and television

journalism
1. the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news.
2. the occupation of running a news organization as a business.
3. the press, printed publications, and their employees.
4. an academie program preparing students in reporting, writing, and editing for periodicals and newspapers. — journalist, n. — journalistic, adj.
See also: Media
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.journalismjournalism - newspapers and magazines collectively
print media - a medium that disseminates printed matter
Fleet Street - British journalism
photojournalism - journalism that presents a story primarily through the use of pictures
tabloid, yellow journalism, tab - sensationalist journalism
copy - material suitable for a journalistic account; "catastrophes make good copy"
2.journalism - the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media
profession - an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
newspapering - journalism practiced for the newspapers
Translations
journalism [ˈdʒəːnəlɪzəm] nperiodismo
journalism [ˈdʒəːnəlɪzəm] journal njournalisme m
journalism [ˈdʒəːnəlɪzəm] journal nJournalismus m
journalism [ˈdʒəːnəlɪzəm] ngiornalismo


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His father, who had died young, had filled a small diplomatic post, and it had been intended that the son should follow the same career; but an insatiable taste for letters had thrown the young man into journalism, then into authorship (apparently unsuccessful), and at length--after other experiments and vicissitudes which he spared his listener--into tutoring English youths in Switzerland.
I know that journalism largely consists in saying "Lord Jones Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.
You could rise in journalism and make a name for yourself.
 
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