Journalism

Journalists inform the general public about daily events in their community, their nation and world's current affairs. It has now become a powerful means of communication and information, but a terrible weapon when manipulated by evil spirits as people wait for the journalist's opinion to make up their own mind about particular events. Journalist have several media at hand to propagade information and these include newspapers, magazines, radio, and television; in other words, news media. 

In all democracies, the freedom of press prevails and people depend on it for the fair and truthful reporting of current events. In countries where the government controls everything, the press is used as a political tool to shape the mind of the population.

Journalism can be classifed in five main fields, namely: newspapers; news services; magazines; radio; television. (See also advertising and propaganda)  

There are five chief fields of journalism: 

• newspapers

• news services

• magazines

• radio

• television