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Journalism in the Digital Age
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Journalism in the Digital Age

by John Herbert
November 1999
Intermediate to advanced
349 pages
9h 18m
English
Routledge
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2 A questioning profession

Journalism is a simple profession. It is all about asking questions. The questions – of people, about events – provide the facts, and it is the facts that make the news. Without the facts, there is no news. So the profession of journalists is focused, in the end, on knowing the right question to ask; being able to ask it in the most knowledgeable and open way, and then being able to communicate it in the most interesting, creative and forceful manner. In order to ask that question the profession requires much knowledge and ability, and it is asking the question despite pressures not to, that protects freedom. Journalism is the ultimate expression of democracy and freedom. Governments and politicians realize this ...

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