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The School of Journalism
Welcome to the School of Journalism in Wikiversity
Journalism is a discipline of collecting, verifying, analyzing and presenting information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. Those who practice journalism are known as journalists.Journalism is often dangerous but very practical in day today world.
News-oriented journalism often is described as the "first draft of history." Even though journalists often write news articles to a deadline, news media usually edit and proofread the results prior to publication.
"The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper." -Stanislaw Lee, Polish poet (1962)
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Emma Zorn reading a newspaper.
Welcome to the Press room, a workshop to analyze current events and how journalists follow it.
A journalist is generally understood to be one who communicates objective truth about current topics to an interested but critical audience. A good journalist is one who realizes that the objective truth is unobtainable.
A journalist must understand the medium he works in. For instance, a newspaper reporter will write in correct English.
An excellent journalist will take the extra step for professionalism in reporting, with consideration for truth, fairness, balance, decency and ethics. He will spend many hours researching his subject of choice. If you cannot do this, you might not be a successful journalist.
Wikinews is a great place to hone your journalistic skills in a live public, neutral environment. Unlike many citizen journalism sites, Wikinews is written in the Neutral Point of View (NPOV), which means reporters there often strive for professionalism in reporting, with consideration for truth, fairness, balance, decency and ethics. There are regular reporters there, which are often credited for their work.
Some Wikinews on-going projects you might be interested in:
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Participants
The history of the School of Journalism page can help indicate who the active participants are. If you currently are or are planning to become a participant here at the School of Journalism, you may list your name here. This may help the School grow and may help the Participants communicate better.
- Dennis L. Kent (talk) Date: 2007-04-27 (April 27, 2007) Time: 165001 UTC
- Thunderhead 09:49, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
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- Andrew Hartsock (The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.131.55.184 (talk • contribs) 14:02, 7 December 2007.)
- Jekrox 08:30, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
- Albeiror24, 21:38, 5 de julio 2008
- Moulton 13:42, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
- Unionhawk 18:35, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
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Useful information
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