Journalist &Ndash; A Work Full of Passion
by Their are several options for the job seekers to opt in any of the profession, but among them one of the profession which in itself is different from others is "to be a Journalist". It is very interesting and unique, and so requires enough passion.
JOURNALIST – A work full of passion
A Journalist is the life blood of Media and Communication. He plays a major role in the informative growth of the country. Journalism covers a large variety of jobs such as reporting, writing, editing, photographing, broadcasting news, etc. It is a career with passion of creativity, unique and special significance. It is the career full of challenges and opportunities.
The students who are good in public relations, good in conversation, communication, are active and alert, should opt such career. Journalism is the career having utmost exposure.
Requirements
The different types of jobs demand different talents and temperaments, but the journalist should have a feeling for words and the ability to express themselves lucidly and concisely. A Journalist should show curiosity; resourcefulness; an unbiased approach; have wide-ranging interests; a pleasant easy manner which enables shy, inarticulate people to talk easily; powers of observation; tenacity to get to the bottom of things; an inquiring mind; punctuality; willingness to work extremely hard; ability to sift the relevant from the irrelevant; ability to absorb atmosphere and sum up people and situations quickly – an intuition to perceive what is not directly revealed.
For radio and TV journalists fluency is important both in the spoken and written language. Good work-procession skills and computer graphics and desktop publishing skills are useful. A knowledge of news photography is valuable for those who wish to become reporters or correspondents since they can couple up as reporter/photographer or reporter/camera operator.
Accuracy and impartiality are vital for reporters not only to serve the public but because untrue or libelous statements can lead to costly law suits. A ‘nose for news’, persistence, initiative, poise resourcefulness, good memory, and physical ability are important. At the same time emotional stability and maturity is required to meet the pressure of deadlines, dangerous assignments and irregular hours.
For careers in new media such as on-line magazines or newspapers you require a merging of traditional and new journalism skills. To create a story for multimedia presentation, you need to know how to use computer software to combine on-line story text with graphics, audio and video elements and even 3-D animation.
Benefits of becoming a Journalist
Ø In the profession as a Journalist, you can have a good relation with the people of every category, which will give you name and fame.
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