Technical Writing

Journalism and Technical Writing

The field of journalism basically revolves around writing . Aside from the articles that a journalist has to write , a journalist also needs to write communications for arranging interview schedules as well as requesting for documents and other s for a news or feature story

Particularly in the print media , journalism involves news writing and these news articles are being published depending on the frequency of the release of the news or magazine . These written works are being written to inform and people read to get basic information about

the . News is straight to the point and answers the questions who what , when , where , how and why as well as other in depth information about the . A feature story is lighter and is aimed more at entertainment rather than informing . On the other hand , written communications may include request for interviews , request for documents or written queries , among others , depending on the kind of information needed or required to finish the story

Aside from interviewing and covering events , journalism is all about writing be it journalistic writing or technical writing . And to be accepted as a journalist , one must possess excellent writing skills good observation skills , excellent communication skills and excellent research skills . One also must have the capability to write for the target audience of the media organization and must have enough knowledge in technical writing for communications with sources

These skills can be determined by giving writing and interviewing exercises for an applicant . To better determine if one is qualified for the job , the person may be asked to research about a certain and write a news or a feature story about it and this should include an interview plus the copies of the written communications given to the sources The Interviewee is a Journalism major and has been practicing journalism for 2 years

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