Dhaka, June 11 -- Journalism is not fundamentally about possessing a formal journalism degree; it is about acquiring the intellectual capacity to interpret reality responsibly. Just as one does not need a degree in political science to become a politician, one does not necessarily need a degree in journalism to become a journalist. Yet, in both fields, effective performance increasingly depends on broad interdisciplinary grounding. Politics without economics, history, law, governance, or public administration often degenerates into rhetoric without direction, while journalism without interdisciplinary knowledge risks becoming narration without interpretation.

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