It's time to determine who is --- and isn't a journalist.
This article is interesting but misses the point. Saying that you can put together roses in a vase doesn't make you a florist; writing doesn't make you a journalist, and producing content doesn't make you a reporter. Journalists have specific skills that include the ability to analyze complex data, ask probing and difficult questions, understand public records and libel law and have at-the-ready sources that can help make unbiased sense of difficult issues. For years, I was among those who was vociferously against any attempt to define what a journalist is. But now, with so many "journalists" coming out of the woodwork, I've changed my mind.
This article is interesting but misses the point. Saying that you can put together roses in a vase doesn't make you a florist; writing doesn't make you a journalist, and producing content doesn't make you a reporter. Journalists have specific skills that include the ability to analyze complex data, ask probing and difficult questions, understand public records and libel law and have at-the-ready sources that can help make unbiased sense of difficult issues. For years, I was among those who was vociferously against any attempt to define what a journalist is. But now, with so many "journalists" coming out of the woodwork, I've changed my mind.
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