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Sudah gak jamannya lagi bagi mahasiswa independen seperti kita terus-terusan menggantungkan hidup pada kekayaan orang tua. Kalo buat membiayai kuliah sih masih wajar, tapi kalo buat jajan? Malu ah,minta orang tua terus. Paling gak kita pernah kepikiran dong, gimana ya caranya, biar bisa jajan dengan hasil keringat sendiri?

Tak heran jaman sekarang banyak mahasiswa yang termotivasi mencari penghasilan. Apa sih alternatif pekerjaan yang bisa dilakukan mahasiswa? Seperti yang sama-sama kita tahu, mahasiswa pasti punya banyak keterbatasan. Salah satu diantaranya ya, keterbatasan modal. Selain itu, mahasiswa seperti kita juga punya kewajiban utama yaitu  belajar. Jangan sampai dong, kita asyik bekerja, terus kuliahnya malah keteteran. Bukannya mau ngurangin biaya, eh malah nambah-nambahin, gara-gara harus ngulang mata kuliah yang nilainya jelek..!! hahaha.
Nah, disini ada beberapa alternatif usaha yang bisa kita lakukan, sambil tetep fokus di kegiatan belajar kita.

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A journalist is:

· someone who is curious about new things and who has a wide range of interests.

· someone who can view various sides of a situation and present the facts fairly.

· someone who understands other people, and knows what they care about.

· someone who can take complicated ideas and facts and write about them clearly.

· someone who can sift through many facts and present only the important ones.

· someone who wants to explain a new fact, a new issue, or a new idea to other people.

From : The Young Journalist’s Book: How to Write and Produce Your Own Newspaper by Nancy Bentley

What a Journalist Does

Journalism is, in most respects, the backbone of the media industry. Therefore many media jobs require some aspect of journalism. The type of writing a journalist does depends largely on the subject they cover. Another thing which affects a journalist’s job is the outlet they produce news for: TV, the Internet, a newspaper, etc.

That being said, a “traditional” journalist reports the news. What does that mean? Well it can mean various things. The standard image of a journalist, and one often portrayed in movies, is of someone working a beat for a newspaper and finding stories. Which begs the question: What is a beat?

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According to The Elements of Journalism, a book by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel, there are nine elements of journalism [1]. In order for a journalist to fulfill their duty of providing the people with the information they need to be free and self-governing. They must follow these guidelines:

1. Journalism’s first obligation is to the truth.
2. Its first loyalty is to the citizens.
3. Its essence is discipline of verification.
4. Its practitioners must maintain an independence from those they cover.
5. It must serve as an independent monitor of power.
6. It must provide a forum for public criticism and compromise.
7. It must strive to make the significant interesting, and relevant.
8. It must keep the news comprehensive and proportional.
9. Its practitioners must be allowed to exercise their personal conscience.

In the April 2007 edition of the book [2], they have added one additional element, the rights and responsibilities of citizens to make it a total of ten elements of journalism.

Source: Wikipedia

Journalism is the timely reporting of events at the local, provincial, national and international levels. Reporting involves the gathering of information through interviewing and research, the results of which are turned into a fair and balanced story for publication or for television or radio broadcast.

Journalism is not just

* fact-finding
* media analysis
* opinion writing, or
* commentary

although all of those aspects can play a part at times.

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Punya hobi blogging??? Pengen bikin desain web sendiri, tapi kurang capabilitas dalam PHP, CSS, dan sebagainya?? Gak perlu pusing lagi Sahabat Pers. Jalan keluar sudah terbuka lebar. Memang  jaman ini udah modern banget, cuci baju bisa di laundry, beli barang bisa lewat online shop, kenalan sama gebetan bisa lewat facebook plus YM, hahaha. Teknologi gak dipungkiri menyelamatkan kita dalam hal-hal pelik (lebay). Sekarang ada aplikasi design web, namanya adalah…Artisteer…! Yup,disini kamu bisa bikin tampilan web semau kamu, sekreatif kamu. tampilannya pun user friendly, kayak lagi make microsoft office aja. Tinggal klik sana sini, dan…jadi deh template bikinan kamu.

Caranya mudah aja kok:

1. Pada tampilan awal, kamu akan ditanyakan, template macam apa yang akan dibuat. Apakah Blogger, WordPress, Joomla, Drupal atau HTML biasa. Read the rest of this entry »