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Every November 8th is China's reporter festival , which originated from the date of the establishment of the China Journalist Association. Like Nurse's Day and Teacher's Day, Journalist's Day is one of the few industry festivals in China.
The "reporter" in Chinese has many corresponding terms in English. The three common ones are Reporter, Journalist, and Correspondent.
Among them, Reporter and Journalist are the most commonly used, but the difference between the two is not easy to define simply.
Media & level distinction
Regarding the difference between Reporter and Journalist, the most common saying is: Reporter refers to radio and television reporters who work for radio or television stations; while Journalist refers to text reporters, which are used in newspapers. Working in a magazine.
There is another saying that Journalist is used to refer to higher-level and more accomplished journalists, while Reporter is used to refer to ordinary journalists.
But in the dictionary, there is no obvious difference in the definition of these two terms. Both are: a person who collects and reports news for newspapers, radio or television, which includes both text reporters and radio and television reporters.
The use of Journalist and Reporter in real life often does not follow the difference in media form. Newspapers and radio and television practitioners use both Reporter and Journalist.
The television news production team interviewing boat races in the United States in the 1980s. This interview format is called ENG , which is commonly used in news production. the term,The full name is Electronic News Gathering.
’s content
There is also a distinction that is closer to reality, using the nature of the content as the standard, that is: what Reporter does is mainly to report news facts, while Journalist will also provide its own Opinions, opinions, add your own opinions and voices.
This distinguishing standard can also explain why TV reporters are mostly called Reporter, while text reporters are mostly called Journalist?
Reporter tends to report facts, often at the scene of major events or even disasters, to introduce the events that are happening to the audience and provide the latest live facts. This form of on-site reporting is more suitable for display through TV media. Therefore, TV reporters are mostly called TV reporters.
Compared with TV, text media is more suitable for providing detailed and in-depth news content, such as survey results and event analysis. , Opinions and comments, so newspaper reporters are mostly called Journalist.
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Of course, TV news will also provide in-depth interpretation, such as the producers and hosts of many news feature programs It's called Journalist; and the newspaper will also publish the latest real-time reports, and there will be Reporter, especially reporters covering sports events.
The origin of modern news
In addition to Journalist and Reporter, journalists are often referred to as Correspondent in English, and Chinese are usually translated as "correspondent, correspondent".
Correspondent is not as commonly used as Journalist and Reporter, but as a term for journalists, it is much older.
Correspondent’s original meaning is "a person who writes a letter, a person who provides information through correspondence",It began to refer to "reporter" in the 17th century.
Kaiyuan Miscellaneous News, the "court news briefing" of the Tang Dynasty in China, is considered to be one of the earliest newspapers in the world
News media in the modern sense. The people in London wrote down the recent events and sent them to friends all over the world through letters to get acquainted with each other.
Later, these "letters" evolved into Newspapers, and the "writers" became "Correspondent reporters".
Correspondent Correspondent
Today, Correspondent is mainly used to refer to "correspondents stationed abroad", English is Foreign Correspondent, such as Xinhua News Agency and other domestic media around the world, as well as foreign media staff throughout China .
In addition, Correspondent can also be used to refer to "station reporters", such as reporters of Beijing media organizations in other cities, and reporters of media organizations in other cities in Beijing.
According to the nature of the content produced, Correspondent can be either a Reporter who reports facts or a Journalist who publishes opinions.
News articles written by Correspondent have a convention. When the author is mentioned, the first person is not used. "I" instead of calling myself "Your Correspondent...".
Correspondent of The Economist, a British weekly report on New York, USA
Generalized Journalist
There is a broad and narrow distinction between Journalist and Reporter, that is,All Reporters are Journalists, but not all Journalists are Reporters.
The professional division of labor in the news industry is very detailed. In addition to reporting and analyzing news events, there are many other types of work. These "news practitioners" are often collectively referred to as Journalists.
In addition to those who write and take pictures and videos, Journalist also includes various other job roles, such as: Editor news editor, News Anchor announcer host, Columnist columnist, Opinion Writer is the author of news reviews and the publisher of the newspaper that Publisher runs.
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Journalist
China has used the terms "journalists" (the full name of the China Journalists Association, which is the All-China Association of Journalists) and "media people" to refer to people engaged in the news industry, often translated into News Worker or News Professional.
Actually, these "journalists" and "media people" can also be called Journalists; the common English translation for Chinese Journalists' Day is Journalists’ Day.
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