Does It Matter If You're Not a Journalist?

I like how this article addresses this issue. At times, I struggle with the idea of whether I'm a "journalist" or not.

It used to be, that only people that were published in a magazine, or a newspaper were "real" journalists. The rest of us were just "wannabees" or "not good enough to get a job writing for the paper" or the second rung plain and simple "bloggers."

Bottom line, I keep a "journal" which makes me a by default makes me a "journalist." The thing is, that it's more complicated than that.

I like how the article explores the question of "acts of journalism" and whether or not something has "journalistic value." I'll be the first to admit that I hardly ever commit "acts of journalism" and that most of my stuff has little to no "journalistic value" but does that really make it any less important?

What do you think?

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