Just curious if there is a difference, and if so, what is it?
2007-03-25 12:35:28 · 4 answers · asked by OLPfan93 2 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
A reporter is someone who is "on the scene" and reporting a news item... a journalist is someone who follows a particular story and researches it to write an indepth account. ie: a reporter tells you about the traffic or a house fire in your area...a journalist goes to an area that has been hit by tragedy and tells you all the stories involved or to a war area and accounts the details there.
2007-03-25 12:59:27 · answer #1 · answered by Greg 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Journalist is the more general term. All reporters are journalists, but not all journalists are reporters. Some of us are editors.
2007-03-25 13:53:54 · answer #2 · answered by MyThought 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A reporter has to be natural a journalist has sold out!
2007-03-25 12:43:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only difference is that journalists tend to be more arrogant and perhaps make more money.
That was just a joke; there is no difference.
2007-03-25 13:36:11 · answer #4 · answered by robot_hooker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋