Culture Geography History Life ... WorldVillage Journalist From Smartpedia A journalist is a person engaged in the profession of journalism . They create reports as a profession for broadcast or publication in mass media such as newspapers television radio magazines ... documentary film , and the Internet . Reporters find the sources for their work that can be either spoken or written; they are generally expected to report in the most objective and unbiased way to serve the public good. Depending on the context, the term journalist includes various types of editors and visual journalists, such as photographers graphic artists , and page designers , as long as the work goes toward providing news-type reports rather than advertising or fiction. Table of contents 1 Origin and scope of the term
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edit Origin and scope of the term In the early 19th century journalist meant simply someone who wrote for journals, such as Charles Dickens in his early career. In the past century it has come to mean a writer for newspapers and magazines as well. Many people consider journalist interchangeable with reporter , a person who gathers information and creates a written report, or story. However, this overlooks many other types of journalists, including columnists, leader writers | |
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