Journalism

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 impacts society to at least some degree. The word applies to the occupation
(professional or not), the methods of gathering information, and the organizing literary styles. Journalistic media
include: print, television, radio, Internet, and, in the past, newsreels.
A concept of the appropriate role for journalism varies between countries. In some nations, the news media is
controlled by a government intervention, and is not a fully independent body. In others, the news media is
independent from the government but the profit motive is in tension with constitutional protections of freedom of the
press. Access to freely available information gathered by independent and competing journalistic enterprises with
transparent editorial standards can enable citizens to effectively participate in the political process. In the United
States, journalism is protected by the freedom of the press clause in the First Amendment.
The role and status of journalism, along with that of the mass media, has undergone changes over the last two
decades with the advent of digital technology and publication of news on the Internet. This has created a shift in the
consumption of print media channels, as people increasingly consume news through e-readers, smartphones, and
other electronic devices, challenging news organizations to fully monetize their digital wing, as well as improvise on
the context in which they publish news in print. Notably, in the American media landscape, newsrooms have
reduced their staff and coverage as traditional media channels, such as television, grapple with declining audiences.
For instance, between 2007 and 2012, CNN edited its story packages into nearly half of their original time length.
This compactness in coverage has been linked to broad audience attrition, as a large majority of respondents in
recent studies show changing preferences in news consumption. The digital era has also ushered in a new kind of
journalism in which ordinary citizens play a greater role in the process of news making, with the rise of citizen
journalism being possible through the Internet. Using video camera equipped smartphones, active citizens are now
enabled to record footage of news events and upload them onto channels like YouTube, which is often discovered
and used by mainstream news media outlets. Meanwhile, easy access to news from a variety of online sources,
like blogs and other social media, has resulted in readers being able to pick from a wider choice of official and
unofficial sources, instead of only from traditional media organizations. Journalism is nonfiction.
 Define Campus Journalism?

Campus journalism is defined as “that enjoyable activity of the staff of the campus paper in collecting, organizing
and presenting news, writing editorials, columns, features, and literary articles, taking pictures, cartooning, copy
reading, proofreading, dummying & writing headlines”.

A student publication is a publication run by students of a university, high school, middle school, or other school.
These papers traditionally cover local and, primarily, school or university news. Working for one's high school
newspaper is sometimes an extracurricular activity, but often is integrated with offered journalism classes. Some
schools have both a basic class in which students learn about newspapers and a class that produces the school's
newspaper.

 Functions of Journalism
1. Inform the public through the news coverage
2. Influence and mold the public opinion
3. Amuse or entertain the public
4. Serve and promote community welfare as a whole

 Parts of school paper/ Campus paper

A. front page - Displays the title of the paper and the Main Headline
B. editorial page - Displays the commentary of an author about a certain issue
C. sport page - Displays an article about sports and athletics (i.e which school is competing with whom or the
statistics or ranking of a school about a certain sports)
D. special features – Displays Added information about something (i.e School's Patron saint )