Mike,

I hope people take a moment to hit your blog and read your take on Lileks piece. Roger stumped me with his question because I see no reason to consider journalism a profession. In fact, in the piece immediately preceding the one linked on PressThink, Prof. Rosen makes the point that he now considers journalism a ‘practice’ rather than a profession. I’ll stick with craft or trade, thanks.

A good reporting craftsman in the future is going to cover the who-what-where-when-why-and-how that you mention – and hot link pertinent data points along the way. Stories will become anthologies giving a reader who becomes interested in a particular event or situation the opportunity to return to the beginning and read through to the present, if they so desire.

A Claudia Rosett anthology on OFF would be a good start. She owns that story like Dorothy Rabinowitz owned the phony day care sex scandals. In fact, a Rabinowitz anthology on that story would make an excellent read. Salem Witch Trials conducted “for the children” – and the scummy prosecutors with an eye for promoting themselves. Like, oh, Janet Reno, for example.