4.Profession of a Journalist.

5. Careers in Journalism.

What is journalism? Journalism is information. It is the events of the day in few words, sounds or pictures. Journalism is about people. It is produced for people.

1. Mass Media and its adjuncts, new technologies.

• Radio, TV, newspapers

• The press associations, The PR agencies research groups, The advertising department

• New media journalism, new skills (WWW)

2. Communicators

• Qualities ( serious, well educated, have interest in people, quickly writing, decent spelling and grammar skills, open-minded, inquiring mind, to be able to ask tough questions, sociable, have a great deal of curiosity)

• Qualifications (the institute of Journalism)

• Careers (editor, proofreader, reporter, correspondent, writer, columnist, news photographer, announcer a television news, a radio news, a news caster, a news reader, photographer, desighner. These people work in the field of journalism and the media.

3. Tasks of journalists and journalism

• to inform, to be independent, to be free to print or broadcast

• to make judgments

• to pass comments

• to analyze and debate issues of public concern]

• to read relevant newspapers and publications, to watch TV, to listen to the radio

• to have clear idea of ones target audience

In journalism there is a awards for good work.

For example, The Pulitzer Prize is an American awards. It is administered by Columbia University in New York City.

6. Training for Journalism in Belarus, the uk, the usa/

I want to compare the training for Journalism in Britain and Belarus.

In Britain.

There are two main stages of training journalists in B. It is the beginners and for the experienced senior. The training can be based around ate newspaper or upon a university or college.

The university training gives the necessary background for of shorthand, typewriting. English language and literature, the organizations local government, law, ect.

The training in newspaper is held under the supervision of the editor.

Training for J. in B. is organized by the National Council for the Training of Journalists. He was set up in 1950-th as a result of the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Press.

The aims and purpose of the NCTJ include the establishment of standards of qualification, and the formulation and administration of schemes for the training and education of journalists, including press photographers. The NCTJ offers a full range of distance learning courses in newspaper and magazine journalism.

And THE ACCREDITING COUNCIL ON EDUCATION IN JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS (ACEJMC)

THE EUROPEAN JOURNALISM TRAINING ASSOCIATION (EJTA)

Training for Journalism in Belarus.

Training of Journalists in Bel. by the BSU. It started in 1944. Since the more than 6 thousand specialists of mass media, radio and television have been trained.

The Faculty of Journalism was singled out as an independent unit of the BSU in 1967 with G.V. Bulatskiy at is head.

The teaching staff consider training journalists for their practical activity to be the main purpose of the educational process.

The students of the day study get education in the following specialities: International journalism, literary work, information and communication, journalism (press, radio, TV), web-journalism.

The basic course of training encompasses 5 years and graduates get the specialist degree. The academic year is divided into two semesters, each is completed with the examination session.

Now renamed the Faculty of Journalism at the Institute.