noun
journalism
JUR-nuh-liz-um/ˈdʒɜːrnəlɪzəm/
The work of gathering and reporting news.
The reporter's journalism brings the storm's effects to viewers.
Etymology
Here journal means a daily publication, and -ism names the associated work. Journalism originally meant the business of writing, editing, or publishing newspapers and public journals.
In context
modern Western National Security journalism is mostly just writing what a government official tells you to write and then calling it a scoop which you got from a nameless Source in the government
More examples
- His journalism exposed corruption in the agency.
- The prize recognized outstanding investigative journalism.
- Local journalism keeps residents informed about their community.
Forms
journalism
journalist noun — a person who gathers and reports news
Similar words
- reporting
- Often the news-gathering part of the wider profession.
- newswriting
- Specifically writing news rather than the whole journalistic process.