There isn't one clear-cut legal definition of a journalist, but it's a topic that has been extensively hashed out in different jurisdictions and contexts. In an

There isn't one clear-cut legal definition of a journalist, but it's a topic that has been extensively hashed out in different jurisdictions and contexts. In any given situation the argument over who counts as a journalist will depend on the laws and precedent for that context, almost without regard to the commonsense meaning of the word.