Information journalism appears around 1870 and coexists for some time with ideological journalism. It focuses more on the narration or story of the events than on the ideas. The information genres are more important: the news, the chronicle and the report.
Currently, among the most recognized and important professions in Western societies we find journalism, a profession that implies certain values and also has many requirements that differentiate it from most other professions.
One of the main characteristics of the societies in which we live is the permanent need for information. This, which never stops knowing if it is a need or an imposition that we get used to, means that we must be permanently informed, aware of what is happening not only in our place but also in what is happening in a large part of the world. world.
A profession like journalism, whose main responsibility is to report, will clearly be one of the most sought after. And, at the same time, informational journalism becomes the most requested form of journalism, occupying more space in both graphic and audiovisual media. It is with informational journalism that communication becomes a public act.
We must highlight the informative genres:
Statement interview. Report on a person's opinions. It begins with the interviewee's introduction, and is followed by a list of questions and answers.
Documentation. Send a text with data about an event or establish relationships with what happened.
Informative report. Address a recent or previous event, or related to situations of social interest. Depending on the topic, it can be human interest, social interest, or opinions.
News. Text broadcast on radio, television, or in the press that provides information on recent events. The information is organized following the principle of informative relevance, it is divided into: headline, entry, source, body of news.
If we understand that news journalism has as its main objective, precisely, to inform, we will understand that it is common to find journalists who are much more exposed to very particular situations and who still have to continue with their profession. This is very clear when we speak, for example, of war correspondents, mobiles and chroniclers who are in the midst of violence, natural disasters, risk situations, etc.
All this is what makes it one of the riskiest professions, but at the same time most humane.
