A Look at Journalism in Europe

Etymology: from Latin diurnus, of a day, of each day, daily.

Journalism is the work, activity and profession of a journalist.

It is also the mode of expression specific to the press.What is journalism?-All the activities involved in editing a newspaper or any other print or audiovisual media outlet (gathering, selecting and formatting information); -Journalist's profession: The way journalists write and present events.The journalist's mission is to research and verify information, to write it up and then to transmit it via any type of medium.

He or she is first and foremost an editor, a writing specialist (including in audiovisual media, where information is first written before being read or presented).The aim of journalism cuts across a number of different professions, all of which share the same goal: to inform.