"What makes a good journalist?Many things. Even journalists will disagree on the order of importance of the qualities that go to make a good journalist. But they are all agreed that paramount in the make-up of a journalist is a deep and genuine interest in people - good people, bad people (who often make good news!), famous people, humble people, rich people, poor people, old people, young people, Black people, White people - people of every type - everywhere.