I’m tired of hearing that journalistic writing is too dry, too boring, or too rule constrained to be art, especially that last point. Journalistic writing is artistic; it just takes a refined taste to see it for what it actually is.
Too confined in rules? Think of haiku poems. Haiku’s must be written 5, 7, 5 syllable lines. Few dispute whether or not they are art.
Too boring? Too dry? Maybe it’s just that we as Journalists see what others don’t; that is, perhaps we detect the subtleties in the writing.
I can look at every journalistic piece I’ve ever written, and just by the writing style, I can tell you what was going through my head when I wrote it, how I was feeling, ect. I can picture what other writers are feeling as I read their pieces as well.
It’s art.
Dammit.
Bryan's Sophia 
I agree!
art. bull. same thing.
haha. i don’t see through your eyes, but i understand your point. it’s like the difference between engineering and architecture.
One of my more hippyish friends commented that Journalistic writing was exclusively not art, so I had to retaliate. I didn’t give a damn at the time, but it pissed me off later. Engineering and Architecture, indeed.
Thanks for the support!