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Journalism

The Journalism is an art of collecting, distributing and representing the news,
current affairs and other several things in its text form. You can say that
journalists work on three basic things- GEV (gathering, editing and validating).

Available Scopes
With the manifold increase
in the circulation of
newspapers and magazines
as well as the start of online
newspapers and journals,
there is a great scope for the
young men and women who
want to join this profession.
It is gaining much importance
and prestige in modern society.

It is a profession in which one needs to deal with patience, smartness
and individual opinions. It is not always about getting baked under the shining
sun, and a journalist can also opt for the following jobs-Reporter, Editor,
Designer, program producer, Researcher etc.

Reporting and desk-work are two main divisions of newsroom work.
Reporting includes gathering and writing news and feature stories. Desk-work
includes the preparation for printing of the writing material and photographs
submitted by the reporters, photographers and the news agencies. The persons
who do the desk-work are called the editors.

• Journalists work on gathering, editing, validating and presenting news information
to the viewers
• With a surge in the number of news channels and newspapers, there is a huge
demand for quality journalists
• Degree requirements include bachelors in journalism after 10+2 in any of the
relevant disciplines
• First Indian newspaper known as Bengal Gazette was started by James August
Hickey in West Bengal in the year 1780
• Find out more about journalism through Indian Journalist’s association
http://ija.org.in/

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