The Western Canon Answers the ‘Why’ of Journalism

I’ve never taken a journalism course in my life. That’s because I never had much interest in becoming a journalist. My lack of interest in the field was, in part, a result of everyone around me—even my colleagues on my college’s student paper—telling me that the industry was dying, and that there was no use in pursuing a job as a writer or reporter. It wasn’t until I was halfway through college that I changed my mind. And it was changed by dead people. Let me explain.