Reddit reviews The Complete Idiot's Guide to Journalism

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Guide-Journalism/dp/1592576702/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479692513&sr=8-1&keywords=journalism+for+dummies

This would be useful i think.

>Who is to say who is & who is not a journalist anyway?

Who is to say who is and who isn't a professional in any field? If I make a blog in Wordpress, am I suddenly an IT engineer? If I floss, am I a dentist?

Why is it that people outside of word-based professions feel they can claim to be professionals, whereas no one does that with number-based professions? Is it because everyone uses language?

if you want to learn what journalism is, I suggest you start by reading these:

http://www.journalism.org/node/72

http://www.pcc.org.uk/cop/practice.html

http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Journalism-Newspeople-Completely-Updated/dp/0307346706/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317881819&sr=8-1&tag=acleint-20

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Guide-Journalism/dp/1592576702/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1317881819&sr=8-3&tag=acleint-20

http://www.amazon.com/Associated-Press-Guide-News-Writing/dp/0768919797/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1317881819&sr=8-8&tag=acleint-20

http://www.amazon.com/Journalistic-Writing-Building-Skills-Honing/dp/1933338385/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1317881819&sr=8-9&tag=acleint-20

http://www.bbc.co.uk/journalism/

> So you think yours is the original article

...you mean the link to the original article, by the media outlet that researched and published the content? I mean... yeah. I appreciate you feel comfortable enough w/ me to share that you don't understand the difference between original/illegible photocopy/aggregator, though. That at least clears up this whole misunderstanding.

There are some wonderful resources out there that might help.

Cheers.

Noticed some of your writing and see that you're applying the tag "journalist" to yourself.

You seem a bit confused as to what journalism actually is.

This should help you out:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Idiots-Guide-Journalism/dp/1592576702