The days when journalism was limited to obtaining press briefings and writing first hand account of happenings in the 1surrounding world are definitely over. Also over is the simplistic interview journalism you published question answers from 2interviews with dignity. Your well-researched articles, picking 3facts and figures from scores of reports, publications, papers etc. is also a done thing now. If you are privy to information that others 4do not have your chances of becoming a successful journalist are poor. There was a time that journalists and media did not indulge in 5expressing opinions connected with the news stories. They would simply put the facts before the people and let people to arrive at 6their own conclusions. This is true no more. Now apart from bringing breaking news, the media openly engages itself in expressing views and opinions neither for or against it. In recent 7times, they not only exposed various scandals but also made the 8public feel strongly about it. Even public opinion building by the media was acceptable but now it has crossed over to yet other domain, in finding out to what extent a given person was guilty of misconduct and the kind of punishment he/she deserved. So before any law enforcing agencyor court of law comes to some decision in a given case, the media 9is ready with its conclusions. This role of media is pestering many including the government and the other day the prime minister had to say that media was now functioning all of one as accuser, 10prosecutor and judge.