Journalism is neither a profession nor a craft. There are no entry criteria, credentials, training, testing, or certifications required. As a former DC denizen, journalists are as a whole not respected or feted. A named few perhaps, but they are also vilified. Costa of CNN comes to mind. Overall they get no respect. Some make a big deal about getting a Pulitzer Prize, but then again, so did Westbrook Pegler.
Today anyone can be media or a journalist. Nobody issues press credentials except the White House. You are a journalist is you call yourself one and enjoy all the same protections as a reporter for WaPo, CNN. or Fox. First Amendment auditors, website operators, and blog writers are all considered journalists.
To think they journalists are just in a few major cities is both hubris and and ignorant.
As such they are already distributed through out the nation, in all counties and townships.
Journalism is neither a profession nor a craft. There are no entry criteria, credentials, training, testing, or certifications required. As a former DC denizen, journalists are as a whole not respected or feted. A named few perhaps, but they are also vilified. Costa of CNN comes to mind. Overall they get no respect. Some make a big deal about getting a Pulitzer Prize, but then again, so did Westbrook Pegler.
Today anyone can be media or a journalist. Nobody issues press credentials except the White House. You are a journalist is you call yourself one and enjoy all the same protections as a reporter for WaPo, CNN. or Fox. First Amendment auditors, website operators, and blog writers are all considered journalists.
To think they journalists are just in a few major cities is both hubris and and ignorant.
As such they are already distributed through out the nation, in all counties and townships.