🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

jornalismo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhor-nah-leez-mo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Journalism/ˈdʒɜːrnəˌlɪzəm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O jornalismo é uma profissão desafiadora."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The activity of gathering, assessing, creating, and presenting news and information.

    "Investigative journalism uncovers hidden truths about corporate corruption."
  2. 2

    The profession or practice of reporting and writing news for newspapers, magazines, or broadcast media.

    "She pursued a career in journalism to inform the public about important issues."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'journalism' originates from the French word 'journal', meaning 'daily' or 'newspaper', which itself comes from the Latin 'diurnalis', meaning 'daily'. The word evolved in the 19th century to refer to the profession of collecting, writing, and distributing news.

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