People may think that journalism is a mediocre field that really has no effect on their life. But if you can, imagine a life without journalism. Journalists are free from the government. According to dictionary.com, journalism is "the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business." If there was no journalism, we would live in a world of oblivion and ignorance. Journalism is the backbone of our country, the United States of America. Citizens of the U.S. have the responsibility to make an informed decision when voting for a public office. When we vote for high public offices like the president, the news media is in on every single move that they make. Without the freedom journalists have to collect information, we would be at a loss for information.
I remember when I first realized what the importance of journalism is in the U.S. when my mom made me and my brother watch All the President's Men on PBS. The two journalists in the story were the key factors to unraveling the Watergate Scandal and guiding the evidence towards Nixon, resulting in his resign, just prior to the vote of impeachment by the Congress, in which all odds were against him. Without the essence of journalism and the free press, our country would cease to exist as the world leader that we are today, for the people would not have the opportunities that they do in this world today
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