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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Journalism

/jẽrn'-əl-ĭzˌ-əm/ · Jour·nal·ism · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɝnl̩ˌɪzəm/
01 n. The keeping of a journal or diary.
  1. 1.
    The keeping of a journal or diary.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    The periodical collection and publication of current news; the business of managing, editing, or writing for, journals, newspapers, magazines, broadcasting media such as radio or television, or other news media such as distribution over the internet; as, political journalism; broadcast journalism; print journalism.
    Journalism is now truly an estate of the realm.” Ed. Rev.
  3. 3.
    The branch of knowledge that studies phenomena associated with news collection, distribution, and editing; a course of study, especially in institutions of higher learning, that teaches students how to write, edit, or report news.