Ielts writing task 2: People get information through news and paper but meanwhile are uncertain about the truth of these news

Question: Nowadays, people get information through news and papers but meanwhile are uncertain about the truth of these news. Should we believe the journalist? What qualities should be a good journalist or correspondent have?

Answer:

News help us to remain up-to-date with the world and these are received from various modes a few are television, radio and internet. In this technological era, a piece of information spreads like a wildfire that people have become skeptical, and this human nature is giving rise to a moot question of trusting the journalist or not.

A journalist who is responsible for showing the true picture of the society is not free from the blot. A news reader can be misguided by the false or exaggerated news given by a journalist. Moreover, in this materialistic era, people want the whole nine yards and this greed can be fulfilled only with money. Money which is given in excess to journalist who praise and show only the positive sides of a particular political party. Simply, they become puppets of the parties and try to create a white collar image of them. So, people should not blindly believe on the news but should analyse and understands news from different facets to extract the actual matter as today's journalist are famous for making a mountain out of a mole hill.

Journalism is not everyone's cup of tea. There are many challenges in this field. A person who wants to be a journalist needs to be brave to overcome these obstacles as people bribe them to change their news and to make them speakers of the party. A reporter should be unbiased to portray the actual picture of the person or the situation. People are introduced to different topics by the journalist so a journalist should be well versed with myriad topics and even if he does not know about something then he should have the curiosity to learn different things. Above all, command over language is needed as an orator who can convey properly can touch a millions of heart and make his point crystal clear in the receiver's mind.

Contemplating all the aforementioned points, I would like to say that journalist should work with dignity and be loyal to their profession as their news have a profound effect on people's mind and they are playing an important part in shaping the society we live in.

Tips: Journalism is the fourth pillar of the successful democracy. The other three being the legislature, executive and the judiciary.
A journalist, like the judge, like an umpire must be unbiased and totally impartial to any group.