If you want to be a journalist today, you have to have the calling, meaning that you are passionate about the craft. I was once a lecturer in a school of journalism. I taught it. People do not want to do it for the money. They want to produce new stories, to find the truth, to protect democracy, to challenge power. The craft is about passion and a vocation. It's much like teaching: You have to want to teach. People feel a strong calling.
They answer the call first. Then, when they get into the craft, they are disillusioned: is it actually possible to practise the calling?