Who the heck is a journalist?

Personally, I think there are many forms of journalism.  Twitter, online news sources, bloggers...all contribute to the big magical world that is journalism.  Some of these forms of journalism are less reliable (I don't consider Kanye West's tweets to be particularly groundbreaking in the field of journalism) but I don't think it's right to discredit them too quickly.  Journalism is changing; newspapers aren't as prevalent as in years past.  It's also important to keep in mind that blogs, twitter, and the like are fairly new innovations and that we may not be able to consider their journalistic merit completely for many years to come.  Then again, I do think it requires more than a whim to become a journalist.  Anyone can wake up and say, "Hmmm.  Today I want to educate the public on the news of the world.  AWWWW YEAHHH!" but that does not a journalist make.  There needs to be something there to give credibility.  I'm not positive whether I think a degree is required to make a good journalist; the training certainly can't hurt.  However, I'm also pretty sure that journalism is a field in which "amateurs" can be just as truthful, or even more so, as "professionals."  I've personally learned a lot about the situation in Egypt from Twitter.  In short, journalism can always benefit from new outlets, yo.  Also, I'm pretty sure Twitter is going to take over the world one day, so we might as well practice Twitter-nalism while the art is still young.  Just sayin'.