He needed a serious journalist to put his story before the American people.
However amorphous the idea of news, serious journalists are not hard to define.
That resistance is a depressing reality with which serious journalists have always had to cope.
This is nothing other than routine, common practice for any serious and independent journalist.
"I don't present myself as a serious journalist," Crawford told me.
Many of these people consider themselves serious journalists, even as they carry out political work at the same time.
Pamela Drury is single and works as a serious journalist.
Still, she is a serious journalist, her sister says.
The few serious journalists look like they got out of bed a little late; they ask questions about the coverage.
As a serious journalist, I couldn't really see myself writing an advice column.