What is Journalism ... and who is a journalist?

Journalism is the spread of information to the public. But not just any information. To be considered journalism, the information should be interesting, timely, new to the public, or dealing with public figures or public issues. Journalism has more traditionally been shared with the public through newspapers and television broadcasts. However, today's journalism can also be found on blogs, internet sites, and other means of communication. The definition of a journalist is also changing. It used to be that a journalist was a trained professional in either print or broadcast style. Since the means of communicating are changing so rapidly, a journalist today could be any citizen who texts pictures or information to an arena of public discussion. It's important to note that although anyone can be a journalist, the quality of journalism is not the same as one who has been trained in the profession.