Good writing (or journalism) is a craft, not a profession, better learnt through practice than theory, and while the narrow depth of a PhD might sometimes be useful, it neither makes you able to communicate your knowledge nor serves you especially well when you step beyond your field of expertise.
Kennedy, one of the nation's leading criminologists, American policing is practiced more as a craft than as a profession.
Embroidery during this period was becoming an amateur craft rather than a profession, a change that was even more marked in the 17th century.
He was practicing a crusading craft rather than a profession, and [investigative reporting] has lost some of its juice, its verve, its gusto in trying to be objective.
An age when songwriting was a craft – your profession, your pride, and often a crafty progression from the very heart and poison pen parts of your day-to-day life.
"FLAMENCO AT 5 15," being broadcast on Channel 13 tonight at 11 30, is ostensibly about learning a craft or profession.
He then outlines the six themes that shape his book: the influence of Amis's early upbringing, "the aggression which is so marked a feature of his character and writings", his "astonishing energy", his sense of "writing as a craft or profession", his "hostility to distinctions between high culture and low", and his "lifelong obsession with egotism, selfishness [and] inconsiderateness".
It is a practice, rooted in art and craft, not a science or a profession, based mainly on analysis.
They were instrumental in converting the centuries-old craft of art restoration into a profession based on scientific research, the use of modern technology and adherence to shared methodological standards.
As anyone with a mobile, a laptop and a bit of cheek can be a journalist, or at least claim to be one, journalism is not a profession but a trade, craft or racket.
