journalism

[jur-nl-iz-uhm]

noun

1. the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business.

2. press.

3. a course of study preparing students for careers in reporting, writing, and editing for newspapers and magazines.

4. writing that reflects superficial thought and research, a popular slant, and hurried composition, conceived of as exemplifying topical newspaper or popular magazine writing as distinguished from scholarly writing.

   He calls himself a historian, but his books are mere journalism.

journalism

/ ˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm /

noun

1. the profession or practice of reporting about, photographing, or editing news stories for one of the mass media

2. newspapers and magazines collectively; the press

3. the material published in a newspaper, magazine, etc

   this is badly written journalism

4. news reports presented factually without analysis

Word History and Origins

Origin of journalism¹

From the French word journalisme, dating back to 1825–35. See journal, -ism

Example Sentences

They are expected to face tough questions from MPs, and to give their views on the state of the BBC and its journalism, and give their accounts of events behind the scenes.

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Her dream of landing a full-time journalism job has yet to materialize.

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The publisher said the takeover would preserve the paper’s editorial independence, ensuring its “journalism can flourish long into the future and on the world stage.”

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Giving his name to a journalism prize, George Polk was a CBS correspondent in 1948 believed murdered by our corrupt allies in the Greek Civil War.

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“If she didn’t know,” said Al Cross, a retired University of Kentucky journalism professor and longtime Kentucky reporter, “she should have known what her husband was up to.”

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