Journalism

Journalism: A profession that informs us of the world around us, shapes opinions, and provides a narrative on life. For better or worse, the work done by the professional writers of the press corps is essential to the modern democratic world.

Not all the writing produced by the collective minds of our media's men and women is world-changing, of course; millions of column inches are dedicated to skateboarding dogs, freakishly large hailstones and kidney stones, local disputes, stolen gnomes, and what a writer or their paymaster thinks is wrong with the world. No matter the metric tonnage of ink and paper spent on such matters, as many are employed in lifting people from ignorance, shining a light on injustices, and empowering readers with the information that holds the potential to make their lives better.

Simultaneously mundane, banal, anal, self-important, yet sublime, educational, interesting, and important, the more I think of the value of this profession, the more I would like to join it.