Abstract
What are journalists for? It's a question that has no definitive answer—certainly not one we can apply uniformly in all places at all times. But we should be asking the question and can, perhaps, provide some tentative answers for contemporary U.S. society. Journalists should have the same goal as all people: to balance their own needs for fulfillment with the collective project of making the world a more just, humane, sustainable place to live for everyone and everything. But how should journalists pursue that goal? The question has been on my mind a lot lately since I teach journalism classes and over knowing what to tell students about a journalism career. I left mainstream newspaper journalism because I found it unsatisfying both politically and personally. The longer I'm out of the trade and the more I critically evaluate it, the more dissatisfied I become.
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