Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Journalism \Jour"nal*ism\, n. [Cf. F. journalisme.]
   1. The keeping of a journal or diary. [Obs.]

   2. The periodical collection and publication of current news;
      the business of managing, editing, or writing for,
      journals or newspapers; as, political journalism.

            Journalism is now truly an estate of the realm.
                                                  --Ed. Rev.

Source : WordNet®

journalism
     n 1: newspapers and magazines collectively [syn: {news media}, {fourth
          estate}]
     2: the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news
        stories for one of the media