PRINT JOURNALISM 4(1+3)

Lesson 1 : Journalism Concepts

Media based journalism

Depending on the type of medium used, journalism can be divided into:

1. Print journalism
   Print journalism includes writing and publishing for newspapers, news magazines, general interest magazines, trade magazines, hobby magazines, newsletters, private publications, online news pages and others.

2. Broadcast journalism
   includes broadcasting for both radio and television. Radio journalist must gather facts and present them fairly and accurately, but also must find and record relevant and interesting sounds to add to their reports, both interviews with people involved in the story and the background sounds that help characterize the story. Radio reporters may also write the introduction to the story read by a radio news anchor, and may also answers question live from the anchor.

   Television journalists rely on visual information to illustrate and characterize their reporting, including on-camera interviews with people involved in the story, shots of the scene where the story took place, and graphics usually produced at the station to help frame the story. Like radio reporters, television reporters also may write the introductory script that a television news anchor would read to set up their story. Both radio and television journalist usually does not have as much “space” to present information in their reports as print journalists.

3. On-line journalism
   The fast and vast growth of the internet and World Wide Web has spawned the newest medium for journalism, on-line journalism. The speed at which news can be disseminated on the web, and the profound penetration to anyone with a computer and web browser, have greatly increased the quantity and variety of news reports available to the average web user.

   The bulk of on-line journalism has been the extension of existing print and broadcast media into the web via web versions of their primary products. New reports that were set to be released at expected times now can be published as soon as they are written and edited, increased the deadline pressure and fear of being scooped many journalists must deal with.