JOURNALISM

JOURNALISM AND IT’S FUNCTION

• To the gathering, reporting and dissemination of news through the

mass media.

• In democratic society access to free information plays a central role.

 ELEMENTS OF JOURNALISM

1. Journalism’s first obligation is to the truth.

2. Its first loyalty is to citizens.
3. Its essence is a discipline of verification.
4. Its practitioners must maintain an independence from those cover.
5. It must serve as an independent monitor of power.
 ELEMENTS OF JOURNALISM

6. It must provide a forum for public criticism and

compromise.
7. It must strive to make significant interesting and relevant.
8. It must keep news comprehensive and proportional.
9. Its practitioners must be allowed to exercise their personal
conscience.
 RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To ensure that journalists are able to perform their function, they enjoy certain
rights that flow from a constitutional guarantee of freedom of the press and speech.
This framework upholds freedom of expression and information which is
defined in the declaration through the following causes:
Article 15 : The right to form, hold, receive, and impart opinions.
Article 16 : Free and equal access to information inside and outside state borders.
Article 19 : The freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive, and
impart information through any media.
 The most frequently found principles in these codes are :

• Truthfulness of information
• Clarity of information
• Defense of the Public’s Rights
• Responsibilities in forming public opinion
• Standards of gathering and presenting
information
• Respecting the integrity of sources
• Prohibition of discrimination on the basis of race,
ethnicity, religion, and other characteristics
• Respect for privacy
• Prohibition of bribes and other benefits
• The need to respect universal values and the
diversity of cultures
• The need to promote human rights, peace, social
progress, and democracy.
 CODE OF ETHICS DRAWN UP BY SOCIETY

• Seek truth and report it : Journalists should be

honest.
• Minimize harm : Ethical journalist treat sources
• Act independently : Journalists should be free of
obligation
• Be accountable : Journalists are accountable to their
readers etc.
 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN JOURNALISM

• Broadcast ( Radio and Television )

• Online Media
• General news
• Political newspaper
• Business newspaper
• Sports newspaper
• Circulation area (National, Local, Metropolitan newspaper)
 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN JOURNALISM

• Audience (Community and Religious newspaper)

• Language (National language , vernacular)
• Periodicity (Daily, weekly)
• Reporter
• Editor
• Columnist
• Copy editor
• Photographer
 EDITORIAL SECTION OF JOURNALISM

• Advertising
• Circulation
• Marketing
• Production
• Business