A software can be defined as a set of executable instructions (codes) or collection of data that is used typically to instruct a computer how to perform a specific task and to solve a particular problem.
Basically, softwares are categorized into two (2) main categories and these are;
I. System softwares.
II. Utility softwares.
Photo editing software, desktop publishing, email and word processing software is most likely to be used by a mass media personnel because he or she deals with the creation of various documents such as images, texts, multimedia files etc.