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MEDIAJournalism: A journalist gleanes, writes and distributes news and other information. A journalists work is referred to as journalism. We have different types of journalism:
(1) Investigative journalism: journalists acting as detectives to look for the truth behind events or possible malpractices.
(2) Watchdog journalism: related to the practice of investigative journalism. A watchdog is defined as a person or a group of persons that acts as a protector or guardian against inefficiency.
(3) Photojournalism: the practice of communicating news by photography, especially in magazines.
(4) Business journalism: the branch of journalism that tracks, records, analyses and interprets the economic changes that take place in society.
(5) Scientific journalism: is the practice of including primary sources along with journalistic stories. Primary sources are original materials that have not been altered or distorted in any way.
(6) Fashion journalism: involve all aspects of published fashion media, including fashion writers, fashion critics and fashion reporters.(7) Film journalism: analysis and evaluation of films.
(8) Tabloid journalism: emphasize on topics such as sensational crime stories, astrology, gossip columns about the personal life of celebrities and sports stars and junk food news.
(9) Yellow journalism: a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering or sensationalism.(10) Football journalism: report on sporting topics and games.
(11) Community journalism: locally oriented, professional news coverage that typically focuses on city neighbourhoods or small towns rather than national news.