Journal Article Report
Journal Article Report
How Print Journalism reigns over media types
By Maynard Delfin
Manila, Philippines
Journalism consists of a wide range of systems to provide information to the public with objectivity, accuracy and balanced reporting. Among all forms of journalism, the print group or offline category is considered to be more critical in providing news. Printed media to present more comprehensive news with adequate analysis of a particular topic.
In print journalism, journalists are able to give all sides of the story and can directly probe the background of the event. Readers are then informed and educated about turn of events, there may be controversy or bias underlying life events.
Unlike other codes of journalism, proximity and immediacy are more prevalent in News and analysis of why things have occurred can not be easily achieved in broadcast reports (radio and television). Basically, the durability of printed stories are longer. This is why the data must be checked to ensure accuracy and facts should be validated under pressure. Although many commentators have different backgrounds when issuing opinions, as they are interviewed on radio and television, it is still very different in print journalism. It has a greater endurance in which statements can be quoted and used as a reference.
A written article stays for a long time than merely hearing or watching news. Journalists who are trained primarily on a pen-and-paper type of journalism can survive the worst when seeking the truth about the news in relation to those who only worked on other forms of journalism.
In TV newscasts, you do not give all details due to limited time. The radio, you just can not get all the information but only the 4Ws (who, what, where, when) and 1H (how). In online journalism, news sometimes is simply rewritten pieces or perhaps lifted from another source, but the real facts come from the true and dedicated journalists who are out in the streets, covering all got it done and deliver real-life drama of the current situation.
Newspapermen are the real survivors in journalism since they are equipped with the fundamentals of presenting facts. If they transfer what they know to other codes of journalism, then substance will be sent to these media forms. Fact is that print journalism has the largest possible audience, because not everyone can watch TV, listen to radio or go online. But with all forms of print media available, although they remote areas can be updated on the latest happenings through newspapers, magazines and other supplements.
About the Author
Maynard Joseph Delfin has worked as a journalist (deskman), book editor, copy editor and research and publications officer in the leading publishing companies in the Philippines.