“Are you a journalist?” That’s the question that came to me from several acquaintances, especially when chating on Facebook.

Then I replied, “Oh no, I just actualization write it!”

“Ooo … very good! I see from your writings, you seem very sensitive to the problems existing in our society, “he continued.

“It’s just expression of it! Than landfilled. Something that was not buried either, “I responded.

That’s one of my conversation with a friend. Contains a very easy question to answer on this today. Like the title of this article: “Every people is a journalist.”

Let us define the meaning of the word journalist (reporter) itself. According to the Dictionary, journalists are people whose job it is to find and develop news to appear in newspapers, magazines, radio, and television; More specifically, there are also called for a special photographer who seek news in the form of photographs. Yani print journalists roving reporters for the print media. Freelance journalist, who did not become permanent staff of one of the newspapers, but only contributed writings represent a publication of the press;

So basically, a journalist associated with the news. So what’s the news? In short we can define the news is a report of a fact (actual events). So the reporter is the reporting facts through the mass media, both print and electronic media both conventional and online media.

In the era when information and communication technology which is too sophisticated as now, journalists have expanded the definition of meaning. This, associated with increasingly wide variety of existing mass media. Now, not only the print media like magazines, newspapers, tabloids, bulletins and the like or electronic media such as Radio and Television Broadcast, but the presence of a Website / Site, Weblog / blog to add public space to disseminate the facts there. In fact, the existence of friendship sites such as Friendster and Facebook et al too have to say the mass media. Consider for example the variety of features such as status, notes etc. in Facebook where people can submit or report an event with ease to the general public. Yes, on the basis that it is in the current era, everyone can be a journalist, in a special sense of the people who have access to public spaces that allowed him to communicate information to a broad audience.

How to gossip, writing fiction (non-facts), and such opinions are not facts? Is the author also called reporters? If you went on the notion that journalists as a news reporter / facts, then the answer is no. Therefore, there is also a writer, columnist (columnist / opinion) and even the gossipers (carpenter gossip).

So, now it must go back to each individual. With existing facilities, particularly in the realm of online / internet, many things that can be utilized, including the profession as a journalist, columnist, blogger (those who manage blog) or even a gossiper. To be sure, despite the material advantages, there are the sides of its own pleasures are expensive (not including cash), as when delivered an information, knowledge and positive things to others, minimum steam to be channeled positively!

Deni Andriana

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