"The vast majority of what was lost were journalists." Fixed it for both of you!

(I'm joking, but then again, if demagogues can remove specifics to make statements punchier, why can't I?)

I wish would stop using "journalist" and "reporter" interchangeably.

Reporters are people who actually get out into the world, collect facts, collect opinions from real people (some of them experts at something, some of them not), try to actually see "newsworthy events" in person.

Journalists write essays based on the work reporters do.

I'm not saying I want less journalists, but I do want more reporters.

You might be thinking of ‘columnists’?

Disagree, it’d be more accurate to say reporters are a subset of journalists. Reporters are journalists, journalists is just more general.

The profession is journalism. Reporting is a form of journalism. Non-reporter journalists are not just pundits who pontificate. Analysis (based on someone else's reporting) is a form of journalism. Editing and sub-editing are forms of journalism.