It requires persistence, dedication and never to give up spirit
The fourth pillar of democracy, journalism is a field of unearthing the truth and bringing to the fore the untold stories. While being a journalist requires gut, courage, and the zeal to dig deeper to reach the truth - on the way to defying various odds - it also requires the art of storytelling. The type of storytelling involved means not to mingle with the facts and the truth, at the same time giving readers a clear comprehension. All it requires is combining the skills of keeping the facts right and stitching a story with sentences that make grasping the story easy. So if you are someone interested in pursuing a career in journalism, read on to find out the various fields you can pursue.
Investigative Journalism
This vertical of journalism dabbles in searching for the hidden truth, facts, figures, and the real story. The whole perspective of looking at a story has to be objective and the only aim is to find out the truth. While the concept of finding the truth sounds fascinating, it also requires one to study similar past cases for a better understanding of the matter, event, or person. Right from the day the case has started to keep up with its day-to-day happenings, comprise investigative journalism. Surely it also requires knowledge, patience, and perseverance.
The story writing in investigative journalism is explored in a detailed manner highlighting the important elements and going to the depths of the story. Investigative journalism covers areas of crime, corruption, murder, money laundering, and likes.
Sports Journalism
This is a specialised field of journalism as right from the jargon involved in the writing to having a deeper understanding of the sport is of utmost importance. While you have to be a journalist when reporting an event of a sport, you also have to be able to write it in a manner that transports the reader to the stadium where the sport happened.
Political Journalism
This stream of journalism is all about knowing, understanding, and getting dirty in the political sphere of the country. It covers international politics, national politics, local politics, and at times investigative journalism.
The other fields of journalism are Print Journalism, Broadcast Journalism, Digital Journalism, Tabloid Journalism, Developmental Journalism, Photojournalism, Arts and Culture Journalism, Entertainment Journalism, International Journalism, Crime Journalism, Business Journalism, Education Journalism, and Lifestyle Journalism to name a few.
