Essay On Newspaper For Students

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Short essay on newspaper

Introduction

A newspaper is one of the most important elements at the time of morning coffee. Till today, the popularity of the newspaper has not been decreased rather the use of newspapers increased at a significant rate. Most of the person like to read the newspaper at the time of sipping tea or coffee. Although the introduction of e-newspaper somewhat reduce the importance of paper newspaper but still most of the people prefer hard copy newspaper.

            This is the age of the newspaper. Newspapers are seen everywhere. It has become a common practice to have a newspaper in the courts and offices, in the schools and colleges, in the stalls and restaurants and in the marts and markets. Newspapers are read by every kind of people whether he is rich or the poor, learned and literate, high and low, master and slave. It is because newspapers are very important. It deals with all interests.

Kinds of newspapers

           There are many kinds of newspapers according to the publishing time, such as daily. These are published on a daily basis. The weekly,  these are published on a weekly basis. The bi-weekly and the fortnightly, these are published once in two weeks and once in a 15 days period respectively.
           The daily newspapers are full of news of daily affairs. But the other newspapers are a little bit different, it contains the views and comments on the different news items. Some newspapers come out twice and thrice a day, it is because the habit of reading fresh news is getting more and more with people.

Organization

             The organizational structure of the newspaper agency is very broad. They have to maintain an editorial staff as well as a printing staff. Specific people are needed for specific work. The newspaper has got a big staff like the editor, the sub-editors, the news reporters and the newsagents.
The combination and co-operation of these people help in the publishing of the newspaper. The small papers agency manages with only one editor. The newspapers are printed in the printing press by a qualified workforce. The newspaper agency has to get news from the big news agencies like Reuter, Samachar, Tass and I.N.F.A. They get the news with the help of teleprinters.

Advantages

             There are certain advantages to read a newspaper daily. As newspapers give us news it helps in increasing the knowledge.  Having current affairs knowledge leverage a person over the ignorant. We know the various financial as well as political affairs of the world through the newspapers. They openly criticize the mistakes of the government and vice-versa.
They give a lead to people. People can know the new progress in various fields such as space, oceans, new theories through the help of newspapers. Besides this, newspapers make people know about their rights and duties and their responsibilities towards society.

Disadvantage 

             A newspaper has a bad impact too in certain cases. Newspapers cause damage when they are edited by the bad editors. The bad editors mislead the people by providing the wrong information. They praise the work of bad men and on the other hand, they blame the good men. They see all things through their own interest and misled the information. So, the newspapers cease to be the friends of the people. They should not become the people's enemies.

Conclusion

           Due to the huge responsibility of the editors, he should be honest and impartial. They should be men of good personality and good integrity. They should be the men of principle. They should have knowledge, wisdom, and foresight. India has also got some reputed and good newspapers like the Hindustan Standard, the Statesman, the Bombay Chronicle, the Times of India and The Hindu. There is a great field in India for the new newspapers to come in.

Disclaimer- the names of the newspaper given here is not a promotion, it is only for the educational purpose.

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