Journalism and Literature: Connections and Disconnections

Journalism and literature both involve writing — putting thoughts into words and arranging the words in some reasonable order on the paper or on a computer screen. Both of them yield many examples of clear, lively prose. Bothjournalism and literature offer the fascinating world of ideas that strengthen readers. News reporting is a reflection of lifejust as literature sheds light on people and societies. Bothjournalism and literature tell the stories of actors and activities in the universe. Both are society’s memory and what thy record helps shape the history of the future. However, are thy the same in all respects? This is the central question at the heart of this investigation. It argues that though similar in some areas, journalism and literature are dissimilar in other areas. Thus thy both converge and diverge.