Technically journalism is the process of researching and reporting current events accurately unless we're talking yellow journalism, in which case please be sure to report the fact inaccurately (cough, any type of mainstream pop culture magazine ever made, end cough). In case that definition does not satisfy, I'll expound: journalism is an efficient and informative form of mass communication.
WHO are the journalists?
The journalists are the informants, the middlemen, the investigators, and the gatekeepers. The job of a journalist is to give us (the people) the facts in a relatively unbiased manner. Journalists must be flexible these days to keep up with progressive society. Mostly this means conciseness. People hate to spend their more time and effort than absoluteness necessary to catch up on news that will be old within 24 hours; thus, headlines, the inverted pyramid writing method, broadcast journalism, and newspaper apps.
WHAT do you think of the Daily Universe announcement to publish in print weekly (and online daily) beginning in Spring Term?
Because I am not planning on becoming a journalist major, I don't have much of the opinion on this issue. But I will say I do not know many people who read the Daily Universe except for the police beat, so I think making the paper weekly will reflect public demand more accurately. The online daily is great because it it not only forces students to conform to the digital day and age (which is where we're undeniably headed), but saves paper and thus, money as well.
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