The career Journalist may present their work on a multitude of platforms; newspapers, magazine, television (broadcast), or any of the online publications (including blogs). However, one thing will always remain the same – they will source, research, write and present quality work to a wide audience.

One of the most distinguishing features of being a Journalist is that they have to work against datelines while reporting quickly and accurately – usually in the highest standards upheld by their industry peers.

Journalists must maintain a point of view while remaining objective about their subject matter without being too involved to avoid biasness. Most Journalists work under the supervision of an editor who will assign specific topics for the journalist to research and wrote on. While journalists should have impeccable writing skills, their writing styles may be edited, so they cannot be too protective of that.

Long hours and a constant need to make deadlines are a major drawback of this profession. When there is a breaking story, a journalist has to drop everything to get the story and submit it by a dateline or else it becomes old news.

Despite the low starting pay and drawbacks, many journalists find the prospect of using their writing to inform a large audience a fair tradeoff to be allowed to do what they do.

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