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by mywittyname 1495 days ago
No offense, but this is silly. The whole purpose of journalism is to report what is happening to other people.

Writing about your first hand accounts is not journalism. If for no other reason than it would be inherently biased. We have a term for stories from a person's life written by the person: autobiographies.

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The BBC puts someone on the ground in Kyiv while it's being shelled. They write about what they see and learn while there--and you don't think that's journalism?

To be clear, the criticism of Levine from the GP is total bunk, but this definition is weird.

There's also opinion pieces. You don't review a movie someone else has seen.
Huh? writing about someone you see is journalism.
Gonzo journalism maybe