What do journalists do?

Dictionary.com defines the term journalist as “a person who keeps a journal, diary, or other record of daily events”. This is true, because journalists are always writing down what they see and hear they are the people of the world whom do several things to get the news out to the public. Journalists are renowned for digging deep and going undercover to uncover what the world needs to know.

Journalists use several mediums to get out their information, whether it be on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, or the Internet, print news, and radio. The problem with journalism is that not all of it may be true. Websites such as TMZ or magazines such as the National Enquirer include fake or exaggerated stories that will gain notoriety. Everyone that writes on these mediums may not all be professional. Many “journalists” post blogging sites, or have a radio show where they just express their feelings on one topic or another. Others will post their information from their field of interest on several mediums, as they may report on television as well in a newspaper and/or magazine. The benefit to journalism is the same with the benefit to news media: it is the way we keep up with what is happening in the world. Because of journalism around the world, we do care about what’s going on in Egypt, and not just what is happening in our local region or country.