Basic Details
Word: Journalism
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: The work of collecting, writing and presenting news for newspapers, magazines, television, radio or websites.
Synonyms: reporting, news writing, the press
How to Spell Journalism
Syllables: jour - nal - ism
Tricky part: The first part is jour, with o and u, even though it sounds like jur. The middle is nal, not nel.
Watch out for: jurnalism, journelism, journalisam
Memory tip: Jour is French for day, and a journal was first a daily record. Journalism is journal + ism, so keep the jour of a day's news.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Ananya wants to study journalism and report on wildlife.
Example 2: Good journalism checks every fact before it is printed.
Example 3: My aunt teaches journalism at a college in Pune.
Fun Fact
India's first newspaper, Hicky's Bengal Gazette, was started in Calcutta in 1780 by James Augustus Hicky.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the word closest in meaning to journalism as used in the sentence:
Her journalism about plastic in the river made the council act at last.
a) farming
b) accounting
c) reporting
d) nursing
Show answer
c) reporting. She wrote news stories about the river, and that work is reporting.
Word Cookie
Fill in the missing letters:
jo_rnal_sm
a) o, i
b) u, e
c) u, i
d) e, i
Show answer
c) u, i. Jour needs its u, and the ending is the -ism of tourism.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
Honest olsiarnmuj gives readers facts, not rumours.
a) minimalism
b) journalism
c) journalist
d) nationalism
Show answer
b) journalism. The jumble has an m and no t, so it spells journalism rather than journalist; nationalism and minimalism need letters it lacks.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these jobs belongs to journalism?
a) chef
b) dentist
c) bus driver
d) news reporter
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d) news reporter
2. A journalist's most important duty is to ____.
a) make up news quickly
b) report facts truthfully
c) hide unpleasant news
d) praise every leader
Show answer
b) report facts truthfully
