The Criteria for the Profession: Importance of Grammar to Journalists

For journalists, grammar is everything. Grammar is a big factor in the content of an article produced by a journalist. Through writing, journalists are able to provide people with messages and information. Articles are done by journalist in order for the public to be able to read and understand what is currently happening around them. How are the people going to understand what the news writer wants them to understand if poor grammar destroys the content of the whole article?

           Having good grammar is a major requirement of a writer because grammar affects the content and message greatly. Through having good grammar, a certain idea is presented better and clearer. It is not enough for a journalist to have vast ideas because these ideas wouldn’t be manifested if he has bad grammar. The whole idea would be pointless if it is not presented in an orderly way. 

The execution of the idea affects everything. It is important for a journalist to have a wide vocabulary. Words are what make a journalist and it is important for one to maximize the use of his gift of words. The use of a vast vocabulary affects the construction of an article. It is important for journalists to know and use various words because through this, he is able to make a remarkable article. Though impressing the public shouldn’t be the priority or primary intention of the journalist, it is still important for an article to be noticed. The use of a variety of words can help in making an article noticeable.

Through mastering the use of words, a journalist could be skilled enough to make his article interesting. He can construct the words in such a way that he is able to capture the public’s attention and help them relate well to what is written in the article.

          Also, it would be very embarrassing for an article to be published when it has poor grammar. The public is very meticulous. They are very skeptical especially when it comes to the information being handed out to them. It is very natural for them to criticize what they’re reading and who’s writing the article. The public wants to make sure that the article they’re reading is reliable and that the one who wrote it is professional and has good skills. One of the primary criteria of the public is the journalist’s grammar. How will the public trust a journalist isn’t good enough to write a polished article?

                One of the criteria that manifest the good skills of a good journalist is his skills in grammar. Having good grammar is one of the bases that employers and readers use in order to test a writer’s skill and in order to see if the journalist’s construction of his story is good. It is important for a journalist to be trained to have good grammar because this will not only help him in writing, it will also help him gain confidence in himself.