noun · academic
journalism
UK/ˈdʒɜːnəlɪzəm/US/ˈdʒɜːrnəlɪzəm/JOUR·nal·ISM
Band 7+speakingtask2
the profession or activity of reporting, writing, and editing news
Examples
“Investigative journalism uncovered the corruption scandal.”
“She studied journalism at university before joining the paper.”
“Ethical journalism requires fact-checking and impartiality.”
Band 8 sentence
“Strong investigative journalism is essential for holding power to account and protecting democratic debate.”
Collocations
- investigative journalism
- freedom of journalism
- journalism ethics
Word family
journalist nounjournalistic adjectivejournalism noun
Common mistakes
She wants to be a journalism.→She wants to study journalism.
He is a journalism graduate.→He is a journalism graduate.
Say it for a higher band
5reporter→6journalist→7+journalism
Synonyms
reporting
Easily confused
journalist
“The journalist interviewed several eyewitnesses.”
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