Journalism and literature represent two types of creative interaction which
cannot be questioned, even though different views have been exposed on this issue. The author
says that in order to identify the mechanisms of interaction between journalism and literature, it
is necessary to examine the place and role of a third component – journalism, the area that
"meets both sides".
The author uses also in the article examples of well-known writers’ creations from the
local and international literature and for many of them journalism was the shortest way to
literature. It is promoted the idea that in both journalism and literature the word is the working
instrument, and the text’s writing is the ultimate purpose. This way, journalism should be
considered as a genre of creative activity, as well as a form of literary work.
