Dear Mr. Hewlitt,
A ‘writer’ practices his ‘craft’, and has done so since the days of Homer.
A ‘journalist’ advances his profession, by pointing out and ruining the lives of average people, for a living.
A ‘journalist’ has inside him, a Quixotic chip on his shoulder, to show the world that he has a greater sense of place than those breaking their back to put food on their table.
A ‘journalist’ works only to place more accolades on their resume of nothingness, since they have no true function in the nuts and bolts, brick and mortar world of the private sector.
Very well put. I am so going to steal this.