Returning to journalism

One of the things I have always considered about journalism is the role of a journalist in society, because what is it we do exactly? I'm aware that we report reality based on a combination of stone cold facts and our own perception, but there is something more to it than that. As if we provide a special kind of service through our craft. The thing is that in theory anybody could do what we do, since the possibilities of the Internet has set everyone free to be their own journalist, but the r...