Journalism VS Activism
Journalism is not a business but it is an important
responsibility. Journalists in the form of reporters gather reports of events at
the local, national and international levels. Reporter gathers information through
resources, interviews and research.
Journalists do not only find facts, but they also
create an analysis of the news they cover which include news and speeches by
notable people. In broadcast, freshly hired journalists also do pre-interviews
and research for senior journalists.
Journalists are mostly busy in finding breaking
news, features stories, and enterprise or investigative stories but on the
other hand, they also write editorial, columns reviews, and online journalism;
a part of journalism which has spread with the advent of digital communication.
Online journalism is also growing day by day
nowadays, as journalists mostly communicate with blogs and discussion boards
for online media, for it is more powerful and time efficient, where journalists
can express public views and highlight facts very easily.
Activists arise mostly from journalism. Activists
are those who give their viewpoint on reporting, interviewing, research,
columns & online journalism; they also cover hard news but some people say
that activists are a paranoid form of journalism because activists always give
their viewpoint on each news; and most of the time their point of view becomes
biased and terrified. Activists gain popularity among general public because
they always say what people want to hear. Activists rule in the mind of the
general public.
Its true that now Journalists are also maintaining their blogs and communicating with public by online media, this way they can share their views easily as well as keep public informed and get its response within a short time. An easy and effective way to communicate. The differentiation between journalist and activist you have provided is also informative.
ReplyDeleteThank you Mariam for Acknowledgement
ReplyDeleteJournalists are actually derived from activists and they are very few who are neutral and unbiased. Haroon Rasheed and Iftikhar of Geo can be the ones. I agree with your philosophy!
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