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Message: [QUOTE="tomcat, post: 2017159, member: 961"] Sorry, but that is not and has never been the definition of the word, "journalist." A reporter is a journalist. A columnist (who may write his or her opinion) is also a journalist. But it's not a matter of -- reporters report facts and journalist give opinions. It is hoped that reporters report facts, and reporters are journalists, but columnists or opinion writers write opinions and they also are journalists. Even with the incredibly diminished state of journalism today, there are real, live reporters out there, doing the real work of reporting. You probably don't notice them that much, because the work they do generally produces news headlines, not sensationalism. By way of background, I was a reporter (and journalist) for 11 years and held a non-reporting position in journalism for another 7 or so. I also taught a journalism class for five or so years, as it happens, at UConn. The state of the industry today turns my stomach, not just because there are so few thriving news businesses today, but because much of the news-consuming public has been duped into believing that news is supposed to equal facts plus spin. [/QUOTE]