The freedom of press in the 1st amendment refers to the printing press and the owners of those presses didn't want to be restricted on what they could print or

The freedom of press in the 1st amendment refers to the printing press and the owners of those presses didn't want to be restricted on what they could print or be forced to print things they disagreed with. It was not, in any way, intended to refer to "journalists", a group whose only defining characteristic appears to be employment by a certain group of private companies.