journalism
Syllables: jour·nal·ism/ˈd͡ʒɜːn(ə)lɪzəm/US/ˈd͡ʒɝnl̩ˌɪzəm/
journalism noun: the aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution, typically in electronic publications, broadcast news media, or printed newspapers or periodicals, for the purpose of informing the audience, relying on a style of writing characteristic for this purpose, consisting of direct presentation of facts or events and (depending on type) either with or without analysis or interpretation.
Noun
journalism (usually uncountable, plural journalisms)
- The aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution, typically in electronic publications, broadcast news media, or printed newspapers or periodicals, for the purpose of informing the audience, relying on a style of writing characteristic for this purpose, consisting of direct presentation of facts or events and (depending on type) either with or without analysis or interpretation.
- Meronym: reporting (little to no analysis or interpretation)
- Myth #1—Journalism Is Dying. Journalism is not dying; it’s evolving. We’re witnessing the shift from the legacy media dominance to the endless possibilities offered by the digital age. A journalist is responsible for gathering and organizing material and distributing the finished (and verified)...2022 October 31, Alison Hill, “5 Myths of Journalism: Journalist Alison Hill shares five myths of journalism and breaks down how they started and why they're inaccurate”, in Writer's Digest
journalism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
journalism in Hindi
- activity or profession of being a journalist
- पत्रकारिता patrakāritā
journalism in Tamil
- இதழியல்
journalism in Urdu
- activity or profession of being a journalist
- صحافت sahāfat, اخبار نویسی axbār navīsī, خبر نگاری xabar-nigārī, خبر نویسی xabar-navīsī, نامہ نگاری nāma-nigārī, صحیفہ نگاری sahīfa-nigārī
journalism in Bengali
- activity or profession of being a journalist
- জার্নালিজম jarnalijom
More languagesFewer languages
- journalism in Malayalam
- പത്രപ്രവർത്തനം, പത്രലേഖനരചന
- journalism in Kannada
- ಪತ್ರಿಕೋದ್ಯಮ, ಪತ್ರಿಕಾ ವೃತ್ತಿ, ಪತ್ರಿಕೋದ್ಯೋಗ, ಸುದ್ದಿಗಾರಿಕೆ
- journalism in Pashto
- روزنامه نګاري roznāmanegārí, ژورناليزم žurnalízǝm
- journalism in Tagalog
- pamamahayagan, pamahayagan
- journalism in Arabic
- صِحَافَة ṣiḥāfa, صَحَافَة ṣaḥāfa
- journalism in Malay
- kewartawanan
- journalism in Indonesian
- jurnalisme, kewartawanan
- journalism in Persian
- ژورنالیسم žurnâlisem, روزنامهنگاری ruz-nâme-negâri, روزنامهنویسی ruz-nâme-nevisi, خبرنگاری xabarnegâri
- journalism in Thai
- วารสารศาสตร์ waa-rá-sǎan-sàat
- journalism in Vietnamese
- nghề làm báo, nghề viết báo
- journalism in Myanmar
- သတင်းစာပညာ sa.tang:capa.nya
Examples of journalism in a sentence
- Some newspapers are afraid to do hard-hitting investigative journalism. But this newspaper doesn't run from a fight.
- I managed to carve out a niche for myself in the world of investigative journalism.
- I always regarded tabloid journalism as a social evil.
Forms of journalism
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Origin of journalism
From French journalisme (beginning of 19th century). By surface analysis, journal + -ism.
Words formed from journalism
- access journalism
- ambush journalism
- brown envelope journalism
- checkbook journalism
- chequebook journalism
- churnalism
- citizen journalism
- cyberjournalism
- data journalism
- e-journalism
- gonzo journalism
- gotcha journalism
- immersion journalism
- investigative journalism
- jazz journalism
- literary journalism
- McJournalism
- New Journalism
- pack journalism
- parajournalism
- people journalism
- photojournalism
- pink-slime journalism
- pseudojournalism
- service journalism
- shoe-leather journalism
- shoe leather journalism
- snippet journalism
- telejournalism
- television journalism
- video journalism
- yellow journalism
Questions about journalism
- What does journalism mean?
- Journalism means the aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution, typically in electronic publications, broadcast news media, or printed newspapers or periodicals, for the purpose of informing the audience, relying on a style of writing characteristic for this purpose, consisting of direct presentation of facts or events and (depending on type) either with or without analysis or interpretation.
- What is journalism in Hindi?
- Journalism in Hindi is पत्रकारिता (patrakāritā). See Journalism meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is journalism?
- Journalism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce journalism?
- Journalism is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɜːn(ə)lɪzəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of journalism?
- The plural of journalism is journalisms.
Words near journalism in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: journalism (page history and authors); journalism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); journalism (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); journalism (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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