Informative journalism
As informative journalism refers to the professional dissemination of pure information in the media. He answers the specific questions: what, when, where and how about an event, but not the why , and does not comment on the information. It is particularly to be distinguished from advisor journalism .
Today, informative journalism is practiced almost exclusively in so-called news agencies , which sell short descriptions of current events to the media. The media itself is limited to expanding, contextualizing, and commenting on this information.
Investigative journalism is a special form . He describes events that (only on the basis of the research Engl . Investigation ) of journalists are brought to the public - in particular scandals. This form is operated by the media themselves because of the effort required and is often decisive for the reputation of a medium in public opinion.
history
Informative journalism emerged in the mid-19th century with the invention of telegraphy , which made it possible to carry information quickly and accurately from one place to another. Especially after the First World War, he quickly replaced the opinion-tinged reporting that was common in the media before this point in time, and for the first time tried to be objective .
Since the 1950s, informative journalism has become increasingly entangled with interpretive journalism . News , even reports from news agencies, are now mostly provided with minimal background information and quotes from those involved in order to put the events in their context, so that pure informative journalism has almost died out.
Forms of representation
The report is the purest form of informative journalism. Here an event is briefly described. The message is supplemented by minimal background information in the message.
The report was originally a purely informative genre, but today it almost always contains interpretative elements (see interpretative journalism ), such as background information and opinions from experts ( background report , report ).
The Chronicle is a mixture of informative journalism and opinion journalism. While it is an informative description of an event, it also contains personal comments from the journalist.