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So now you can see that
journalism does not
refer to writing for traditional media only, even majority of the news pages
that we like on our social media accounts and rely on for accurate and fresh
news, are written and published by
journalists. For example News24.
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So the answer to this question is yes we still
do need journalism in the age of social media. Journalist help to provide
newsworthy stories that are of public interest, interesting, prominent and
proximity. Because journalist are highly trained on how to gather and publish
news therefor even in social media we do need them to feed us with factual
information. I strongly believe that
without the help of journalism the stories we get on social media won’t have
direction and anybody will just post whatever he/she feels like its news and by
this we will always believe misleading information.
Another important point to remember is that not
all people rely on social media for news, our parents and grandparents still rely
heavily on print media. So if we can say we no longer need journalists we are
not being fair to some people and their way/style of living.
Key Points to
always remember
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What does a journalist do?
The main intention of those working in the
journalism profession is to provide their readers and audiences with accurate,
reliable information they need to function in society.
Main Duties of Journalism
Indeed we still need journalist though social media is powerful and very useful to us. I mean not everyone is on social media. Stimulating blog sir.
ReplyDeleteThank you mam! i strongly believe that journalism will never die as long as we still need news.
DeleteWhat a nice blog, so informative, important points and facts you've made about journalists and their duties are true. This really helps in understanding the main key points of having journalists. We can never say that we do not need them anymore because of social media, they are still credible and trustworthy people to disseminate newsworthy information as you've pointed out. So, I do agree with you that, yes, we still do need journalists in the age of social media.
ReplyDeleteYes Ivy-Kate journalism is very important we still need it and we will need for ever as long we values interesting and accurate news.
Deletewe still need them journalists even though social media is proving to be a platform where most stories are being talked about and the journalist uses social media more often this days to know what is happening around the world but journalist are still more effective to us the public
ReplyDeleteyes Mr Ndhukwani journalist still play an important role even in social media.
Deletenot that im stereotyped by western culture or ways of doing things but from my personal observer and people around me we don't need journalists in this age of social media
ReplyDeleteI respect your perspective Mr Fafuli, remeber no one is wrong more especially on controversial questions like this one, as long as you substantiate your statement with valid facts.
DeleteVery Informative and insightful Blog Mr Riba, I must say the points you made here are more like heads-up! And as much as Social Media provides easy access to news feeds we still need journalists to make sense of it all.
ReplyDeleteThank you Minenhle! i am glad we on the same page.
DeleteGreat blog Mr Riba! And actually quite right, we still need journalists to help us with accuracy and credibility.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much I really appreciate your comment.
DeleteIm caught in between or should i say i am divided into two, well journlist are truely nedded for investigating stories, but social media is instant distribution of news which is very good and effective, so yes, we dont need journalism in the age of social media.
ReplyDeletewe do need journalits or else we will just and believe any misleading information posted by ordinary people on social media.
DeleteWell journalist really plays a major role in the media platform therefore we still need them because without them there is no news.
ReplyDeleteexatly Mr leshaba! without journalist there are news.
DeleteI feel like journalists play a big role in the media industry but at the same time social media is taking over , by inforing us faster than journalists
ReplyDeleteI agree with you but if you can check well, we also follow journalists on social media.
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