Within journalism, you learn how to obtain information about current events and affairs, and then produce reports about the same. The many formats of journalism are newspapers, magazines, podcasts, websites, and television shows. You will learn how to conduct interviews and research, and other mediums of gathering data. Journalism degrees also focus on practical skills that are useful for fieldwork on the job. In terms of the courses that may be part of the syllabus, here are a few - mass communication, editing techniques, media laws, advertising, and so on.