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     I am very exciting these days because I will go to a party which is held by our classmates on Christmas Eve.There are many activities on it.For example,you can dance with a beautiful girl and playing games is also available for us.Other than the activities above,there are many delicious food throughout the party time.But I am a little tense when I hear that I have to sing a song on the party!

     Obviously,I am not good at that.I am not a Singstar.And I am afraid that my bad voice will frighten my classmates.But the monitor says that this is indispensable.So I have to practice now.Where should I do that?It is really a difficult task for me.My best friend ,Alex,says that I should try the Online Karaoke because it is free and I can get many suggestions from other people who are fond of singing.He also gives me an example.That is using2.com.

     uSing2 is a competitive social community where members can sing their favourite songs, challenge their friends and other members around the world to sing a song, uSing2 analyses a player’s pitch and compares it to the original track, with players scoring points based on how accurate their singing is.

     If you have the same problem with me,just have a try on it!

     Fashion journalism: Fashion journalism is all about articles or reports related to the fashion world. Journalists are also known as fashion writers or fashion editors. The primary job is to cover the latest in the fashion business or develop lifestyle articles. Such fashion articles can be found in magazines and newspapers. Today, there are many television channels that cater only to fashion, which gives ample opportunity for journalists who have a passion to cover such topics.

     News journalism: Here, the primary aim of the journalist is to report news in a straight-forward manner that covers all the required facts. The style is direct with focus on the gist of the story with other necessary points. The news style should be concise and precise. The facts must be crosschecked which makes the news item as authentic as possible without any media bias. Here, the news story can be for the print media, television, radio, etc. Such news pieces often cover politics and social movements. News stories based on political suppression, public movements or abuse of human rights have proved instrumental in effecting many a social change, or giving voice to the oppressed. Similarly, cultural events are also covered in news journalism.

     Celebrity journalism: As the name suggests, the journalist is connected to news and events related to celebrities from the entertainment world and also includes celebrities from other fields such as music, sports, dance, art, politics, etc. This journalism is all about news that is related to their professional and personal life. Reporting gossip is one of the angles of celebrity journalism, wherein journalists are often accused of misconstruing news or quotes in a deliberate fashion. This journalism is particularly popular with newspapers, magazines and television.

     Investigative journalism: This type of journalism is about unearthing facts and studying cases that may require more efforts, which can take months or even years. Journalists who specialize in investigative journalism create headlines with news that expose scandals. Sometimes, persistent followup of a story proves beneficial to uncover some hitherto unsolved cases. This would require in-depth research from the journalist along with evidence. read more »

     A journalist should be great at research skills, cross-checking the information, ability to generate information and good content, ask witty questions and should have good understanding ability of the situation. There are different types of journalism, which include sports, news, celebrity, business, fashion, etc. Journalists belonging to each of these fields generate information related to their respective area.

     A journalist can work in any type of mass media of his/her choice. Newspapers, magazines are some examples of print media while television, web and radio are broadcast media. Students aspiring to become journalists should find out their field of interest and attain a journalism degree accordingly. Let us move on to some brief discussion on journalist salary range.

     Journalist Salary Range

     What is the average salary of a journalist? A beginner at journalism can earn a good salary if he/she has completed the education from a reputed institute or university. The average annual salary of such novice journalists can be around $30,000 depending on the area, employer and type of media. A list of the factors that govern the salary range for a journalist are given below. read more »

     Advantages of Print Media:

     Different types of print media (newspapers and magazines) have a loyal readership. This can be very useful for advertisers as compared to advertising on the Internet.

     If you are targeting a particular geographical area, you can do so with ease through print media. For example, a local newspaper would be a best medium to advertise about a new shopping complex.

     You can choose the size of the advertisement space. This will help you to plan the budget of the expenses to be incurred while advertising.

     Certain forms of print media have a very loyal fans following in terms of readers. This would guarantee you added readership.

     Magazines and newspapers are always in the eye amongst public.

     Magazines are read for a period of a month, which brings more attention to an advertisement. read more »

     The blu-ray disks are available both in the forms of single and double layered disks. Work is being done on the four & eight layered blu-ray disks and the maximum recording capacity of these discs will be 200 Giga Bytes. The leading optical storage companies are manufacturing the blu-ray disks and drives. The blu-ray DVD disks and drives can be used in automated system and therefore, the blu-ray technology is useful in archive system. The disk library of blu-ray has capacity between 1 Terabyte to 35 Terabytes. The writing standard of data on the blu-ray is in Universal Disk Format (UDF). The recording standard of bluray supports all the leading operating systems.

     The libraries of bluray are compatible with the Digital Versatile Disk & Compact disk both in writing and reading. These libraries of blu-ray format also give support to the offline-media management. The libraries can also be mounted in racks. That is why they are considered as robust and reliable. The bluray library is also supportive to the media management & caching algorithm. The drives of the blu-ray are standardized so that the bluray format could compete with the other DVD disk formats for longer period of time. read more »