Comments on: What Is a Journalist? http://rising.blackstar.com/what-is-a-journalist.html Professional Photography Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:56:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: trish garronhttp://rising.blackstar.com/what-is-a-journalist.html/comment-page-1#comment-57283 trish garron Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:46:01 +0000 #comment-57283 Heather, I am so glad you wrote this,, as a true journalist you took a stand for the story and the people behind it,, Yourself and your peers!!! I am not a journalist by profession but I love to write and have a few projects in the works,, I love to tell someone's story and have always been fascinated by the talent that writers such as yourself have. The sacrifices, the passion, and the integrity of the "art" of telling the story and still telling the truth is what I believe the business owners will never understand,,, your bottom line is to get to the bottom of the story,, to help and to inform. Their bottom line is to keep the "numbers" up!!!! Please do not give up! We need people with your heart and integrity. I have faith people will still want to read a paper and someday get away from only using a computer for everything! Imagine!!!! haha.. a computer is a great asset but somewhere along the way we have forgotten how great it is to have a conversation with someone in a coffee shop, or at our own kitchen table discussing what story we just read in the local news that morning! I personally miss that connection.. Hey maybe there is a nice story!! Enjoy a great day, Heather. Heather, I am so glad you wrote this,, as a true journalist you took a stand for the story and the people behind it,, Yourself and your peers!!! I am not a journalist by profession but I love to write and have a few projects in the works,, I love to tell someone's story and have always been fascinated by the talent that writers such as yourself have. The sacrifices, the passion, and the integrity of the "art" of telling the story and still telling the truth is what I believe the business owners will never understand,,, your bottom line is to get to the bottom of the story,, to help and to inform. Their bottom line is to keep the "numbers" up!!!!
Please do not give up! We need people with your heart and integrity. I have faith people will still want to read a paper and someday get away from only using a computer for everything! Imagine!!!! haha.. a computer is a great asset but somewhere along the way we have forgotten how great it is to have a conversation with someone in a coffee shop, or at our own kitchen table discussing what story we just read in the local news that morning! I personally miss that connection.. Hey maybe there is a nice story!! Enjoy a great day, Heather.

]]> By: John Le Fevrehttp://rising.blackstar.com/what-is-a-journalist.html/comment-page-1#comment-5126 John Le Fevre Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:50:58 +0000 #comment-5126 Congratulations Heather, one of the best descriptions I've read yet on what our profession is all about and why we do what we do.While every journalist who reads this article should identify with it, unfortunately media owners and shareholders will probably still miss the point.The big question though, is will the people we write for - the broader community – recognize the role that journalists fill before it's too late? Congratulations Heather, one of the best descriptions I've read yet on what our profession is all about and why we do what we do.

While every journalist who reads this article should identify with it, unfortunately media owners and shareholders will probably still miss the point.

The big question though, is will the people we write for - the broader community – recognize the role that journalists fill before it's too late?

]]>