Perhaps it’s a projection of the role of journalism itself: By definition, commentary from the sidelines of history as it unfolds. If the little guy is relevant, the journalist’s relevance is assumed.
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What kind of journalists? Data journalists? Fashion editors? White House correspondents? There's no such thing as a journalist.
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All of them actually. People who ground narratives in talking to living people and/or responding to live events, with ideas playing a supporting and mostly backstage role at best.
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Journalism’s biz model is to sell to lots of “little guys”, so it makes sense (for them) to turn the little guy into content as well. Producers, consumers
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