He said "Journalism". A non-journalist can produce material that can be considered journalism. A student can teach. A homemaker can even write working code.
The labels we give to others to divide us
The labels we give to others to divide us
Labels are an optimisation, an imperfect shortcut. They are a way we represent ourselves to others. If you don't tell me you're an engineer, I have to ask a ton of questions to assess your area of competence and skill. If you tell me you're an engineer I can save minutes or hours by putting you in a rough box. If that box is unnecessarily constraining it'll become clear as we spend more time together.
It doesn't appear to be something anyone tries to get normal citizens into, despite the fact that we constantly try to convince people to learn other stuff with much less individual scale value, sometimes even somewhat crazy stuff like home chemistry experiments with lead salts.
I always thought that's what I'd want to do with my life if I wasn't coding, and maybe I'd be happier if I had gone to college and studied journalism...
This happens frequently with new political parties: Someone starts an organisation, it get some amount of traction. Suddenly a lot of new people join and turn the whole thing into a tool to spread their views.
AFD in Germany started like this, it almost happens to The Pirate Party, one can argue that Green Parties tend to suffer from this phenomenon.
https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page
Unlike Wikipedia, Wikinews allows and encourages original reporting. You don't need a journalism degree to contribute an article.
They gave the label to themselves