Journalist

A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people.

Reporters are one type of journalist. 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; the reports 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" also includes various types of editors and visual journalists, such as photographers, graphic artists, and page designers.

Contents
1 Origin and scope of the term
2 18th-century journalists
3 19th-century journalists
4 20th-century print journalists
5 20th-century broadcast journalists
6 Internet journalists
7 Contemporary journalists
8 Production journalists
9 Fictional journalists
10 See also
11 External links

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, photographers, editorial designers, and sub editors (British) or copy editors (American).

Regardless of medium, the term journalist carries a connotation or expectation of professionalism in reporting, with consideration for truth and ethics. It should be added that some journals, such as the downmarket, scandal-led tabloids, do not make great claims to truth or ethical reporting.

18th-century journalists

19th-century journalists

20th-century print journalists

20th-century broadcast journalists

Internet journalists

Contemporary journalists


There are numerous examples of journalists who made their mark writing fiction or other non-journlism, including:

Production journalists

Despite the fact that many people conflate journalist and reporter, a journalist is anyone who works any editorial aspect of a publications. This includes production journalists such as sub-editors, copy editors, graphic designers, art directors, and photographers.

Graphic designers and art directors who work exclusively on advertising material, however, are not considered journalists.

Fictional journalists

Attributing the profession of journalist to a fictional character allows many possibilities:

Besides, many fiction writers like previously cited Hemingway, or Arturo Pérez Reverte, use their professional background as journalists to create their fiction characters.

See List of fictional journalists

See also

External links

See also: Journalist, 1889, 1907, 1938, 1950s, 1960s, 1974, 1989, 19th century, 2004