How a journalist works
How a journalist works
A journalist is a person whose job is tocollection of information, its processing and competent presentation. The final result of a journalist's work is an article, a television story or a radio report, delivered to the audience through various media. In today's world, the work of a journalist is very important, she helps to learn news, to understand the situation, to be aware of the events around.
Instructions
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A journalist is an employee of mental labor. For professional success, he needs knowledge, intelligence, the ability to think outside the box, sociability, resourcefulness, observation, the ability to analyze and prove. In this profession, both men and women work successfully. Journalists are classified according to directions - sports commentators, international experts, branch political or economic, as well as genres - publicist, reporter, essayist, columnist. However, the journalist is not a narrow specialist, and may change specialization. For example, go to work from the newspaper to television or re-qualify from an economic observer to a sports observer.
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To write an article or make a report,a journalist must collect information. To collect information, techniques such as observation, interviews or document analysis are used. In the first case, the journalist personally witnesses an event, memorizes, writes down and expounds it. Professionals in this profession have a special flair, they know what exactly can be interesting for the audience and choose the most relevant events. In the case of an interview, information is collected from a conversation with a participant or a witness of what is happening. If the information is extracted from any document, then the analytic abilities of the journalist are included. Documents (paper, audio and video), from which professionals draw information, must be a genuine and certified official. Otherwise, they do not represent anything. At any stage of the work, a journalist must be objective. His opinion should not sound obvious and be imposed on society. Such professional skills are necessary for every person who chooses this profession.
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The second stage of the work is information processing. This is a stationary process, during which the collected facts are checked, the questions raised during the work are clarified, the material is analyzed. Further, the journalist is working on an article or reportage in accordance with the genre and direction of the topic. The finished material undergoes editing, is finalized, if necessary, and published.
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If the finished material is relevant and interesting, then,most likely, it will be feedback from the audience. Feedback from the public once again confirms that the information was reported by a professional journalist who knows what his audience lives, what is important for her.
