What is journalism?

Had this for a panel discussion topic with regards to "new media" and just wanted to get some thoughts. What is journalism and who are journalists? Do they have to work for a print/broadcast outlet? Do Web journalists count, or is that an oxymoron of sorts? Are bloggers journalists? Is Matt Drudge a journalist?

What do you guys think?

 

What about this guy?

 

Best. Reply. Ever.

 

Thanks.

 

Whenever I have to fill out the little space on a form that say occupation, I write journalist. If you practice the First Amendment right to a free press, then you are a journalist. If you believe everyone has a voice and a right to express that voice, then you are a journalist. At its purest level, anyone who believes no opinion, no story, no voice should be left unheard, is a journalist.
That's my idealistic point of view. We in the working press have no special rights or privileges. We have extremely powerful media to practice journalism. And a great responsibility not to abuse that power.

 

Ohio and The Plain Dealer would like to know:

http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/other/1174033939292580.xml&coll=2

 

No he's not a journalist, he's a butcher of the English language.