page_title: Journalist
section_title: Terms
hierarchical_section_title: Journalist / Terms
caption_attribution_description: The city of Nicosia, Cyprus, on 3 April 2008, the day when the Green Line at Ledra Street was reopened: Richard C. Schneider, correspondent for ARD, a major public TV station from Germany
context_page_description: A journalist is a person who works in journalism to report the news. They may work on their own or for a newspaper, a radio or television programme. There are different kinds of journalists.
  A reporter is a type of journalist who researches, writes, and reports information. Newspaper reporters write news articles and stories for newspapers. They write these articles and stories by interviewing people, asking questions, and doing research.
  Reporters must tell the truth in their reports. Telling the truth is a very important part of all journalism jobs. Those who do not tell the truth may be punished like other workers who do not do their work. They can be suspended or fired.
  However, frequently news reporting does show bias instead of objectivity.
context_section_description: There are many different types of jobs in journalism.
  A columnist is someone who writes their opinions and point of view for a newspaper or magazine.
  A correspondent is a journalist who reports from a distant location. They report for a newspaper, or radio or television station, whose staff is based in another location. A foreign correspondent is a correspondent who reports news from another country.
  A fact checker checks that the facts written in news reports are indeed correct.
  A copy editor checks for errors in spelling and grammar.
  A news presenter, or anchor, is someone who presents news during a news program
  A penny-a-liner is a derogative term for a journalist who is paid for a certain amount of text. It is an old expression which goes back to the days when writers were paid one penny for each line they wrote. An Australian newspaper, The Queenslander, printed a story in 1871 that the "...penny a-liner no longer exists, for there are but few papers who pay at so small a rate at the present day. The increased value of literary labor and the demand for news has affected the lowest as well as the highest of literary laborers, and the flimsy writer can now obtain three-halfpence, and in some cases, twopence, for every printed line that appears in the newspaper..."
  A photojournalist is a journalist who takes photographs in order to tell a news story.
  A political commentator is a journalist who takes a non-objective viewpoint in a discussion.
caption: A correspondent reporting for German news about the conflict in Cyprus.
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