Journalism means studying
By TrjcyaSeptember 2, 2007
The job of a journalist is varied and exciting. A journalist can work for a newspaper, a radio station, a television station or an internet platform. However, a journalist must have very good language skills as he or she works under pressure. A journalist must be able to act fast, and at the same time remain accurate. A journalist decides what and in which way the information is communicated to the readership, thereby he or she is not allowed to falsify the information or to make any mistakes; otherwise he or she has to deal with the consequences. A journalist takes the responsibility to educate himself or herself with the latest grammar, and further with the writing style of the newspaper he or she is working for. An editor does not want to spend to much time to assist the journalist and to revise a journalist’s report for grammar mistakes and writing style. Moreover, studying a topic intensively is very important, too. At the same time a journalist should have the ability to study new topics accurate and fast; therefore it is essential to have advanced language skills, otherwise one would lose too much time. If a journalist wants to sound reliable he or she should have a news voice. Further, he or she should be able to comment the news critically which requires advanced knowledge of the topic he or she reports on. All in all, if one wants to be a journalist you need to be aware that one has to study your whole life and practise, practise, practise.
Sophisticated Language Is Important
By Trycja September 2, 2007
Newspapers should expect a high standard of education. A university degree is therefore important as it improves students’ skills such as language, research, critical thinking, and so on. Sophisticated language as well as accuracy is essential if one serves the public. The reason is that newspapers influence the reader’s writing and function somewhat like a grammar or dictionary book.
Newspapers in Germany do expect advanced language skills and a good edcution as their readership is high; therefore they require the best writing skills one can have; otherwise people would stop buying the newspaper. It is the same with books. No one would buy a book with many grammar mistakes in it; it would be unreliable.
Interpretation needs Knowledge
By Trycja September 2, 2007
If a reporter has enough knowledge of the topic he or she can intrepret the news events as long as it is necessary; however, his or her research must be well-done in order to comment on an event. The interpretation should be written towards the end of the report. As a reader I want to read the facts at first. If one is interested in further details he or she can continue reading.
Globalisation
By Trycja September 2, 2007
Although American English is a worldwide language, it is not the official language in Australia. Therefore, it matters if a reporter writes in American English language and this way misspells the Australian language. It is not accurate in my view, even though Australian might understand the American language, they have their own culture.
Newspapers are accurate
By TrycjaSeptember 2, 2007
I think newspapers are accurate; it is their job to be accurate. There are enough people who want to do that job. If one is not accurate he or she might be substituted by a new journalist.
Admit the mistake
By Trycja September 2, 2007If the mistake is serious I would admit it. Readers read the newspapers to learn the truth; they do not want to accept mistakes. Hence, a serious mistake would be a lie and could take consequnces in the aftermath. For instance, if a name is misspelled and one needs further information about that person it will be hard to do research with a false name.
I even think, I would open a newspaper section in which I could write on mistakes from other newspapers. I would gather mistakes from different newspapers and publish them in my section.
