On Dec 8, 1:49*pm, Hawke wrote:



After reading the paragraph above it would seem you have to be kidding
if you find that such a person would ever be seen as a journalist by
anyone and that includes the government. No professional qualification,
not affiliated with any news outlet, no education in the field, no
credentials or affiliation with a news outlet, no proof of any standards
or fact checking, and no evidence she produced an independent product or
tried to get both sides of the story. Whew! If that isn't an unqualified
person then who is? If this isn't an example of an ordinary person with
no journalistic qualifications whatsoever then I can't imagine who would
be.


Hawke


Are journalists licensed by the state? The answer to that is NO. So
if there is no licensing, then there are no requirements to be a
journalist. One does not need any education in the field, no
affiliation with a news outlet, no proving of any standards.

In short an ordinary person does not need any journalistic
qualifications to be a journalist.

Dan