RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF WORKING JOURNALISTS

Authors

  • Yamna Sabir Government College University Faisalabad

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17501/medcom.2018.4104

Keywords:

working journalists, journalists beat, working experience

Abstract

In this research paper the relationship between the knowledge and experience of working journalists has been identified in Faisalabad (The third most populated city of Pakistan). Purposive sampling technique was used to access the Journalist of various news channels and news papers of this region. The salary, number of news items being produced in a day, terms of employment, kind of beat assigned to the journalist, addition of their own views, perception about utility of experience or knowledge in their routine work were analyzed. Data was collected by using questionnaire and a knowledge evaluating tests in order to make a comparison between their working and acquaintance. General findings of the study were that any lacking in one field directly pulled back the performance in other one.

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Published

2018-08-31

How to Cite

Sabir, Y. (2018). RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF WORKING JOURNALISTS. Proceedings of the World Conference on Media and Mass Communication, 4(1), 23–34. https://doi.org/10.17501/medcom.2018.4104