The solution is to regulate journalism by creating a Certified Public Journalist title that is registered by the various states.
To be a Certified Public Journalist and attach the CPJ title to the byline one must take a test involving an oath to swear to the truth and the ethical practices.
Thus, a law enforcement officer pretending to be a CPJ could be arrested for fraud the same as he can for fraudulently being a GRI realtor
Open-carry Journalists?