<P> Journalists write reports about current events after investigating them and gathering information . Some journalists write reports about predictable or scheduled events such as social or political meetings . Others are investigative journalists who need to undertake considerable research and analysis in order to write an explanation or account of something complex that was hitherto unknown or not understood . Often investigative journalists are reporting criminal or corrupt activity which puts them at risk personally and means that what it is likely that attempts may be made to attack or suppress what they write . An example is Bob Woodward, a journalist who investigated and wrote about criminal activities by the US President . </P> <P> Journalism...is a public trust, a responsibility, to report the facts with context and completeness, to speak truth to power, to hold the feet of politicians and officials to the fire of exposure, to discomfort the comfortable, to comfort those who suffer . Geoffrey Barker, journalist . </P> <P> Writers of memoirs produce accounts from the memories of their own lives, which are deemed unusual, important, or scandalous enough to be of interest to general readers . Although intended to be factual, readers are alerted to the likelihood of some inaccuracies or bias towards an idiosyncratic perception by the choice of genre . A memoir, for example, is allowed to have a much more selective set of experiences than an autobiography which is expected to be more complete and make a greater attempt at balance . Famous memoirists include Frances Vane, Viscountess Vane, and Giacomo Casanova . </P> <P> Ghostwriters write for, or in the style of, someone else so the credit goes to the person on whose behalf the writing is done . </P>

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