No Such Thing As 'Being A Journalist' Anymore

Are you a journalist?
Nope, says the group at Journalism Lives.

“If someone tells you, ‘I’m a journalist,’ tell him he’s being a bad journalist for being so vague,” JL wrote yesterday.

That statement, say the JL authors, could mean anything these days.

Instead, maybe you’re a “mobile maven,” someone who leads the way on mobile platforms, trying to figure out what content works best on mobile, researching app revenue models and promote mobile efforts. Or a multimedia reporter, shooting video and still images on top of covering your beat in print.

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