Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree of accuracy. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (professional or not), the methods of gathering information, and the organizing literary styles.
The appropriate role for journalism varies from country to country, as do perceptions of the profession, and the resulting status. In some nations, the news media are controlled by government and are not independent. In others, news media are independent of the government and operate as private industry. In addition, countries may have differing implementations of laws handling the freedom of speech, freedom of the press as well as slander and libel cases. Additionally, many academics have researched the role of journalism in the proliferation of globalisation, contributing to a more interconnected 'world as one.'
In recent years, the rise of the internet and online media has significantly shifted how people consume information, with an increasing preference for digital sources. In some regions, this shift has even led to the complete disappearance of traditional print newspapers.
The proliferation of the Internet and smartphones has brought significant changes to the media landscape since the turn of the 21st century. This has created a shift in the consumption of print media channels, as people increasingly consume news through e-readers, smartphones, and other personal electronic devices, as opposed to the more traditional formats of newspapers, magazines, or television news channels. News organizations are challenged to fully monetize their digital wing, as well as improvise on the context in which they publish in print. Newspapers have seen print revenues sink at a faster pace than the rate of growth for digital revenues. (Full article...)
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Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN) is a Qatari news media organization headquartered in Wadi Al Sail, Doha. It is a statutory private foundation for public benefit, and is primarily funded by the government of Qatar. The network's flagship channels include Al Jazeera Arabic and Al Jazeera English, which cover regional and international news, alongside the digital platform AJ+. Al Jazeera is available in more than 150 countries and territories and has a global audience of over 430 million people.
Originally conceived as a satellite TV channel delivering Arabic news and current affairs, it has since evolved into a multifaceted media network encompassing various platforms such as online, specialized television channels in numerous languages, and more. The network's news operation currently has 70 bureaus around the world that are shared between the network's channels and operations. (Full article...)
[[File:|center|500px|Mahmud Tarzi and his wife Asma Rasmiya.]] Mahmūd Bēg Tarzī (1865 - 1933) was one of Afghanistan's greatest intellectuals. He is known as the father of Afghan journalism. As a great modern thinker, he became a key figure in the history of Afghanistan, leading the charge for modernization and being a strong opponent of religious obscurism.
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Neal A Boortz Jr. (born April 6, 1945) is an American author, former attorney, and former libertarian radio host. His nationally syndicated talk show, The Neal Boortz Show, which ended in 2013, was carried throughout the United States. The content of the show included politics, current events, social issues, and topics of interest, which Boortz discussed with callers, correspondents, and guests. Boortz touched on many controversial topics.
Boortz's first involvement with radio was in the 1960s, while he was a student at Texas A&M University, working as a local on-air personality at WTAW. After moving to Georgia, he became an avid listener of Atlanta's first talk radio station. Boortz became a regular caller to the morning talk show. When the show's host died, it created a job opening, which Boortz actively pursued. He was initially hired on a two-week "trial run", and later offered the permanent position. Boortz attended law school, earning a law degree in 1977. For some years he worked as both an attorney and as a talk show host. He eventually closed his law practice after 17 years to concentrate on his work in radio. (Full article...)
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Image 1Abzas Media's editor-in-chief Sevinj Vagifgizi was sentenced to 9 years in prison in June 2025. (from Freedom of the press)
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Image 2Fanciful drawing of a general store by Marguerite Martyn in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on October 21, 1906. On the far left, a group of men share reading a newspaper. (from Newspaper)
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Image 3Mexican journalist Rubén Espinosa was murdered, along with four women, in Mexico City after fleeing death threats in Veracruz. (from Freedom of the press)
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Image 4The Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung pioneered modern photojournalism and was widely copied. Pictured, the cover of issue of 26 August 1936: a meeting between Francisco Franco and Emilio Mola. (from Photojournalism)
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Image 51938 Dutch newspaper advertisement for women's clothing sold at C&A stores (from Newspaper)
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Image 6US newspaper advertising revenue—Newspaper Association of America published data (from Newspaper)
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Image 7A newspaper press in Limoges, France (from Newspaper)
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Image 8Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist and critic but was murdered by the Saudi Government. (from Freedom of the press)
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Image 9"Geronimo's camp before surrender to General Crook, March 27, 1886: Geronimo and Natches mounted; Geronimo's son (Perico) standing at his side holding baby." By C. S. Fly. (from Photojournalism)
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Image 10Entertainment reporter A. J. Calloway interviewing Eric McCormack at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Knife Fight (from Entertainment journalism)
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Image 11Soldiers in an East German tank unit reading about the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961 in Neues Deutschland (from Newspaper)
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Image 12Sports photojournalists at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (from Photojournalism)
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Image 13The Crawlers, London, 1876–1877, a photograph from John Thomson's Street Life in London photo-documentary (from Photojournalism)
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Image 14Barricades on rue Saint-Maur (1848), the first photo used to illustrate a newspaper story (from Photojournalism)
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Image 15In Migrant Mother (1936) Dorothea Lange produced the seminal image of the Great Depression. The FSA also employed several other photojournalists to document the depression. (from Photojournalism)
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Image 17Protest outside the Russian Embassy in Berlin demanding the release of Russia's political prisoners, including journalists Ivan Safronov and Maria Ponomarenko, 2024 (from Freedom of the press)
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Image 18First page of John Milton's 1644 edition of Areopagitica (from Freedom of the press)
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Image 19The office building of Tyrvään Sanomat in Sastamala, Finland (from Newspaper)
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Image 21Front page of the newspaper The New York Times on Armistice Day, 1918 (from Newspaper)
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Image 22Belarusian journalist Katsyaryna Andreeva was sentenced to 8 years in prison in 2022. (from Freedom of the press)
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Image 23The newsroom of Gazeta Lubuska in Zielona Góra, Poland (from Newspaper)
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Image 24Roger Fenton's Photographic Van, 1855, formerly a wine merchant's wagon; his assistant is pictured at the front. (from Photojournalism)
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Image 25International newspapers on sale in Paris (from Newspaper)
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Image 26A newsboy selling the Toronto Telegram in Canada in 1905 (from Newspaper)
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Image 27Boy destroying piano at Pant-y-Waen, South Wales, by Philip Jones Griffiths, 1961 (from Photojournalism)
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Image 28The Telegraph printing house in Macon, Georgia, c. 1876 (from Newspaper)
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Image 29Freedom of the Press status 2017 (from Freedom of the press)
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Image 32Title page of Johann Carolus' Relation from 1609, the first newspaper (from Newspaper)
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Image 33Newspaper and advertisement, Argentina (from Newspaper)
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Image 34Anchors, reporters, writers in a newsroom at CBS News (from Broadcast journalism)
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Image 35Canadian politician Andrew Scheer being interviewed in a scrum, 2017 (from Freedom of the press)
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Image 362025 World Press Freedom Index Good: 85–100 points Satisfactory: 70–85 points Problematic: 55–70 points Difficult: 40–55 points Very serious <40 points Not classified (from Freedom of the press)
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Image 37Newspaper vendor, Paddington, London, February 2005 (from Newspaper)
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Image 38Leica 1, (1925)'s introduction marked the beginning of modern photojournalism. (from Photojournalism)
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Image 39The editorial staff of Severnyi Kray in Yaroslavl, Russia in 1900 (from Newspaper)
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Image 40Presenters of Colombian news program Noticieros de Colombia (from News presenter)
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Image 41News set for WHIO-TV in Dayton, Ohio. News anchors often report from sets such as this, located in or near the newsroom. (from News presenter)
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Image 42The data-driven journalism process (from Data journalism)
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Image 43Joseph Goebbels' Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda was a driving force of suppressing freedom of the press in Nazi Germany. (from Freedom of the press)
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Image 44The Statute was adopted as the constitution of the Kingdom of Italy, granting freedom of the press. (from Freedom of the press)
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Image 45Cumhuriyet's former editor-in-chief Can Dündar receiving the 2015 Reporters Without Borders Prize. Shortly after, he was arrested. (from Freedom of the press)
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Image 46Front page of the Helsingin Sanomat ( Helsinki Times) on July 7, 1904 (from Newspaper)
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Image 47Georgiy Gongadze, Ukrainian journalist, founder of a popular Internet newspaper Ukrainska Pravda, who was kidnapped and murdered in 2000 (from Freedom of the press)
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Image 48Al Jazeera's Gaza correspondent Hossam Shabat was assassinated by the IDF on 24 March 2025. (from Freedom of the press)
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Image 50Josef Danhauser's portrait Newspaper readers, 1840 (from Newspaper)
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Image 51A journalist works on location at the Loma Prieta Earthquake in San Francisco's Marina District October 1989. (from Broadcast journalism)
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Image 52Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz in its Hebrew and English editions (from Newspaper)
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Image 53Yomiuri Shimbun, a broadsheet in Japan credited with having the largest newspaper circulation in the world (from Newspaper)
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Image 54Photojournalists at the 2016 Labour Party Conference in Liverpool (from Photojournalism)
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