Reddit reviews Associated Press Guide to News Writing: The Resource for Professional Journalists

In this case, however, we're replacing an "unknown" mechanism with great results (e.g. New York Times) with a known one with poor results (e.g. Reddit). Btw, the process isn't really an enigma. If you can find a copy cheap, I'd give this a read.

I say this with love, buy these two books:

https://www.amazon.com/Associated-Press-Stylebook-2019-Briefing/dp/1541699890

https://www.amazon.com/Associated-Press-Guide-News-Writing/dp/0768919797

>Who is to say who is & who is not a journalist anyway?

Who is to say who is and who isn't a professional in any field? If I make a blog in Wordpress, am I suddenly an IT engineer? If I floss, am I a dentist?

Why is it that people outside of word-based professions feel they can claim to be professionals, whereas no one does that with number-based professions? Is it because everyone uses language?

if you want to learn what journalism is, I suggest you start by reading these:

http://www.journalism.org/node/72

http://www.pcc.org.uk/cop/practice.html

http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Journalism-Newspeople-Completely-Updated/dp/0307346706/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317881819&sr=8-1&tag=acleint-20

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Guide-Journalism/dp/1592576702/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1317881819&sr=8-3&tag=acleint-20

http://www.amazon.com/Associated-Press-Guide-News-Writing/dp/0768919797/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1317881819&sr=8-8&tag=acleint-20

http://www.amazon.com/Journalistic-Writing-Building-Skills-Honing/dp/1933338385/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1317881819&sr=8-9&tag=acleint-20

http://www.bbc.co.uk/journalism/

That's called journalism as long as you tell the truth.

EDIT: Downvotes? What the hell, people. Maybe you don't like it in this case, but this is totally legal. Reporting on publicly available information... Educate yourselves: http://www.amazon.com/Associated-Press-Guide-News-Writing/dp/0768919797/ref=sr_1_1