Journalism has as its main activity the reporting of events — stating who, what, when, where, why and how, and explaining the significance and effect of events or trends. Journalism exists in a number of media: newspapers, television, radio, magazines and, since the end of 20th century, the Internet. Generally, publishers and consumers of journalism draw a distinction between reporting — "just the facts" — and opinions (such as editorials, the official opinions of the paper, and op-ed columns, "opposite the editorial page" comme ...

See also:

Journalism, Journalism - Reporting and editorializing, Journalism - Feature-writing, Journalism - Sources, Journalism - Blogging, Journalism - Types of journalism

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