Journalism vs Activism

Journalism is investigating and reporting of events, issues and trends to a target audience. The main point of being a journalist is to find out and report factual events and happenings that take place in the society. The journalistic reporting actually reflection of the society and state.

Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action or inaction to bring about social or political change. This action is in support of, or opposition to, one side of an often controversial argument.Journalism is always based on true facts & figure because this thing will serve as information for the end newspaper users.Journalists need to be impartial, objective, fair and balanced. At what point does a journalist become an activist? If a journalist does an investigative piece, it often leads to others acting. Every journalist knows s/he can have that impact. Indeed, not covering a story can lead to community inaction on an issue. It seems somewhat unavoidable

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Fatima Sahi