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[[Image:Phoenix Heinz Abel 1.jpg|thumb|right|Journalist Heinz Abel, left, conducting an interview for [[German television]].]]
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A '''journalist''' (also called a '''newspaperman''') is a person who practises [[journalism]], the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people.
[[Reporter]]s are one type of journalist. They create reports as a profession for broadcast or publication in [[mass media]] such as [[newspaper]]s, [[television]], [[radio]], [[magazine]]s, [[documentary film]], and the [[Internet]]. Reporters find sources for their work, their reports can be either spoken or written, and they are often expected to report in the most [[Objectivity (journalism)|objective]] and [[bias|unbiased]] way to serve the public good. A [[columnist]] is a journalist who writes pieces that appear regularly in newspapers or magazines.
Depending on the context, the term ''journalist'' also includes various types of [[editing|editors]] and visual journalists, such as [[photographer]]s, [[graphic artist]]s, and [[News design|page designers]].
Journalists put the information in their own words, making it creative in their own way so it will catch the reader or viewers attention.
==Origin==
== Modern journalists ==
Modern media, including the creation of Internet-based news sources and the possibility that [[citizen journalism]] will greatly expand the field, has made it all but impossible to identify which journalists are notable, in the sense that they could be identified in the past. The global justice protests in Seattle (1999) gave rise to the independent media movement, exemplified by the [[Indymedia]] network,{{Fact|date=June 2007}} a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage.{{Fact|date=June 2007}}
==Ethics in journalism==
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Most journalists in the United States adhere{{Fact|date=December 2007}} to the standards and norms expressed in the [[Society of Professional Journalists]] [[ethical code]].<ref name=ethics>{{cite web|title=Society of Professional Journalists: Code of Ethics|url=http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp|publisher=Society of Professional Journalists|accessdate=2007-11-12}}</ref> Foremost in the minds of most practicing journalists is the issue of maintaining [[credibility]], "Professional integrity is the cornerstone of a journalist's credibility."<ref name=ethics/>
==Educating Journalists==
Journalists often either receive training directly in the type of news field that they wish to enter, or through various institutions of higher education. From [[Columbia University]] and the [[University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications]] on the East Coast of America, to [[University of Southern California]] and [[California State University, Northridge]] on the West Coast, there is a broad range of options for beginning journalists to choose from when entering the field.
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.journalism.org/ The Project for Excellence in Journalism]
* [http://www.myjournalists.com/ Pakistan First Journalism Blog]
* [http://www.concernedjournalists.org/ The Committee of Concerned Journalists]
* [http://www.ifj.org/ International Federation of Journalists]
* [http://www.caj.ca/ Canadian Association of Journalists]
* [http://www.nuj.org.uk/ National Union of Journalists (UK)&(ROI)]
* [http://www.alliance.org.au/ Media, Arts and Entertainment Alliance (Australia)]
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