While at the Journalism that Matters conference at Poynter two weeks ago, I was struck (more than usual) by how much all the walls are coming down. I wrote the following "definition" of "journalism" in response.

Journalism: Minds communicating effectively with the common purpose of shared, meaningful living.

This is the network, which is to say all of us.

We thought journalism was news. We thought journalism was stories. These are forms of journalism. There are more, and more suitable forms are evolving now.

(This definition is more general even than democracy.)