journalism

pronunciation

How to pronounce journalism in British English: UK [ˈdʒɜːnəlɪzəm] word uk audio image

How to pronounce journalism in American English: US [ˈdʒɜːrnəlɪzəm] word us audio image

Noun:

newspapers and magazines collectively
the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media

Word Origin

journalism (n.): 1821, regarded as a French word at first, from French journalisme (1781), from journal (see journal). Journalism will kill you, but it will keep you alive while you're at it. [Horace Greely (1811-1872), U.S. journalist] Journalese "language typical of newspaper articles or headlines" is from 1882. Where men are insulated they are easily oppressed; when roads become good, and intercourse is easy, their force is increased more than a hundred fold: when, without personal communication, their opinions can be interchanged, and the people thus become one mass, breathing one breath and one spirit, their might increases in a ratio of which it is difficult to find the measure or the limit. Journalism does this office .... ["New Monthly Magazine," London, 1831] [Géo] London was in western France covering the trial of a parricide that began in mid-afternoon. Because he had an early deadline, he telephoned a story that he was certain would take place: an angry crowd cursing the accused as he was marched to the courthouse from his holding cell at the police station. London then relaxed over lunch until he saw with dismay the guards and the prisoner coming but "not even the shadow of a gawker." His reputation at stake, he stalked to the door, cried out, "Kill him!" and returned to his table. [Benjamin F. Martin, "France in 1938"]

2. Over the course of the day , speakers explored the growing overlap between journalism , technology and social media .

3. Murdoch also seemed to suggest that big journalism brands would go on to have a lucrative future .

4. On the future of journalism , murdoch sounded an optimistic-if-vague note . "