What is Journalism and Why do we need it?

Journalism is the product of an investigative journalist reporting and publishing on issues and trends to a mass audience. 

As it seems journalism is a pretty simple concept that everyone understands as a part of society and its structure. However, if we delve a little deeper, journalism or the business of storytelling is so embedded in our culture and has been around forever under different names and through different mediums but all to the same end; to satisfy a unifying need to document and communicate.  

The ancient Greeks used myths and theatre, Neanderthal man used cave art, other societies used songs , dances and eventually the written word to tell their stories and document big events. Story telling keeps us connected to our past, aware of our present and mindful of our future. 

Everyone has their own personal narrative and daily news stories which effect small groupings of people but are often of no interest to the mass public. The evolution of journalism is essentially this, story telling but on a regional, national or global scale. 

I think it is safe to say that the art of journalism is in our blood but why do we need it? 

The age old, "Knowledge is Power" has never rung more true, understanding and being made aware of what's happening in our world gives us, the general public, power and a voice on topics far removed from our daily existence. Storytelling also has a community element that unites people in a way that nothing else could, giving them a unified purpose and sense of belonging and what it means to be human.