The Power of Reporting

 

The Power of Reporting

Profession that makes the maximum use of digital world is journalism. Journalism is a scientific art of communicating events happening in any part of the universe in real-time with accuracy. Reporting is a very unique term in journalism because it is both the input and the output.

Journalism is a processor through which the input information is communicated as an output. Inside the box of journalism, the professional trick is hidden in the delivery time and presenting style. By default, accuracy is supposed to be an integral part of the inflow reporting and the outflow reporting.

With many new digital tools available the time factor of both the input and the output reporting is just a race in technology adaptability. So, what really matter is the style used in reporting. This style has two parameters in it, one is the manner in which the narrative is presented and the other is the structure of the narrative.

The weight age of a narrative will depend on the words adopted in its structure. This is a powerful unit in the entire profession of journalism. This can make or break the events that will follow after the report is communicated.

Taking, for example, one real time exercise of reporting a current event in the world is “War against Terrorism”.  When looking for an appropriate word to replace the word “War” the following words were on the script board: action, battle, clash, conflict, combat, fight, quarrel, struggle, tussle and war.

A person or a group will exhibit act of terror when the mind is pushed to an extreme state of frustration in not finding a solution to a problem by any other method. On a political map no country can be termed as a terror state, because such countries will fear losing its membership rights at the United Nations. A lost voice is a lost battle.

The term war is used when one country and its allies use their defense and military might supremacy to challenge another country and its allies. The situation emerging based on the report title "Fight against Terrorism" will not be same as the situation emerging based on the report title "War against Terrorism".

In a highly sensitive Geo-Political atmosphere, the power of reporting plays a vital role in the outcome of reporting.

Words travel fast and are more powerful than any missile.