Let me mount a defense of this profession that I have worked in my entire post-college life.

I will avoid the “it’s a noble calling” or “it’s not a job, it’s a passion” cliches — though I do think for many people in the field, they hold true. To me, journalism isn’t the worst profession for a simple reason: I like learning.

If you boil down journalism to its essence, it’s really just about finding things out and then telling people what you’ve found out. That’s the mission we are all on — trying to understand and synthesize the world around us. Where can’t you fly a gyrocopter in Washington? Why is brunch so divisive? How are our veterans being treated (or mistreated)?