Journal, Journalism, Journalese

By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.” –Oscar Wilde

Journal is a periodical focussing on a specialised subject and has serious content. Periodicals are published by eminent universities and institutions on medicine, science, economics, architecture and other disciplines showcasing the latest developments in that field such as research and discoveries.

The reputed journals are Nature (published since 1869), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1914), Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Artificial Intelligence (1970)…

The Wall Street Journal is an international business-focussed newspaper.

Journal is a daily or weekly or monthly or quarterly record of news, current affairs, global events, business, trade and commerce, etc.

Few people keep a daily record of activities, or a record of one’s travels.

Newspaper is a journal of daily records of the previous day.

Journal is a daily record of events.

Journal is a logbook; journal is the part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.

Journal comes from the Latin word ‘diurnalis’ meaning diurnal.

Journalese (noun) is a derogatory reference to a style or form of writing that is typical of newspapers containing many clichés.

The periodicity of a journal could be daily, weekly, fortnightly (biweekly), bimonthly, quarterly, annual or biannual (half-yearly).

Journalese is a hackneyed style of language characteristic of some newspaper writing.

When something is described as journalese it means the style of writing is that of a newspaper or magazine.

Journalism is about news and current affairs ranging from collecting news and publishing or broadcasting as done by reporters, photographers and cameramen.

“I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.” –Mahatma Gandhi

Journalism is ‘literature in hurry’.

Journalism is collecting news (latest developments, activities, and human-interest stories), writing and rewriting news (editing) and publishing them such as in a newspaper or magazine, or broadcasting news on radio and television.

The scope of journalism has broadened with the birth of Internet: there are websites and apps for news and current affairs: online journalism, digital journalism, new media journalism.

People in the business of collecting news, editing it and publishing it or broadcasting it are called journalists such as reporters, sub-editors, and editors.

Journalists are the collectors and interpreters of daily happenings.

The first newspaper was published in Germany in 1605 by Johann Carolus; the first newspaper published in English was Daily Courant in London in 1702but it was merged with Daily Gazetteer in 1735 and the first newspaper published in the Indian subcontinent was Hickey’s Bengal Gazette (English) in 1780.

By:Kovuuri G Reddy

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