Changing Trends in Broadcast Journalism

Radio was the first medium for broadcast journalism. Many of the first radio stations were co-operative community radio ventures not making a profit. Later, radio advertising to pay for programs was pioneered in radio. Later still, television displaced radio and newspapers as the main news sources for most of the public in industrialized countries. Some of the programming on radio is locally produced; some is broadcast by a radio network, by syndication etc. The “talent” talk to the audience, in