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That depends on who they are working for and the type of journalists they are.

Freelance journalists can write about anything they like. However, if they don't write about something an editor thinks people will be interested in, then they won't be able to sell the story, so it strongly behooves them to focus on important and/or popular topics.

Staff journalists will typically be assigned by an editor or publisher to write about specific events.

Columnists are a little in-between. They can theoretically write about anything they want, but if they turn in too many columns that editors or publishers don't like, they run the risk of being dropped.

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