Journalism Terminology

Types of News Articles

• Breaking news refers to reporting on an event as it happens
• Feature stories provide a detailed look at something interesting that's not breaking news
• Editorials are unsigned articles that express a publication's opinion
• Columns are signed articles that express the writer's reporting and conclusions

Journalism Terminology

• Sources refer to the people or documents used when reporting a story
• Journalism is the work of collecting, writing, editing, and publishing material for general information in newspapers, magazines, television, and radio

History of Journalism

• In ancient India, inscriptions engraved on rocks or pillars served as a medium of information
• Emperor Asoka had his Rock Edicts and Pillar Edects posted across his empire and beyond
• During the Sultanate period, the Barid-i-Mamalik or commissioner of intelligence used to serve the authorities with information about the empire
• Journalism with its modern characteristics originated in Europe in the 18th century
• The history of modern journalism in Bengal was inaugurated by Augustus Hicky

Inventions and Innovations

• Alexander Graham Bell succeeded in using wires to send the human voice across long distances in 1876
• Guglielmo Marconi invented the radio in 1901, making it possible to send human voices over long distances
• John Logie Baird invented television in 1920
• Johannes Gutenberg of Germany developed printing around 1439
• Nicephore Niepce and Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre from France developed photography in the 19th century
• The motion picture machines were developed by Thomas Alva Edison in the USA and the Lumiere brothers in France
• The first Indian motion picture was Raja Harischandra by Dada Saheb Phalke
• Television started in India in 1959 on an experimental basis, with the first television station set up in Delhi

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