Journalism is an industry that is as much a self-identifier as it is a profession. Some say it’s a calling. Others treat it like a self-selecting Myers-Briggs type. Whatever the chosen designation, this view of journalism tends to take on sacred overtones that mask what it actually is — a job. An industry that polices its own identity must also police who gets to call themselves a journalist and who doesn’t. It’s perhaps no surprise that an unwritten rule of the journalism industry has always been that if you leave, you don’t come back. Of course, there are valid reasons for those rules —...…Journalism is an industry that is as much a self-identifier as it is a profession. Some say it’s a calling. Others treat it like a self-selecting Myers-Briggs type. Whatever the chosen designation, this view of journalism tends to take on sacred overtones that mask what it actually is — a job. An industry that polices its own identity must also police who gets to call themselves a journalist and who doesn’t. It’s perhaps no surprise that an unwritten rule of the journalism industry has always been that if you leave, you don’t come back. Of course, there are valid reasons for those rules —...WW…