I always wanted to become a journalist. What can you tell me about them?
A journalist is a person who collect, write, and distributes news and information to the people
Cool, are there different kinds of journalists?
Journalist
A journalist is a person who collects, writes, or distributes news or other current information to the public. A journalist's work is called journalism. A journalist can work with general issues or specialize in certain issues. However, most journalists tend to specialize, and by cooperating with other journalists, produce journals that span many topics. For example, a sports journalist covers news within the world of sports, but this journalist may be a part of a newspaper that covers many different topics.
Roles.
issues, with constructive journalism the journalist also addresses what the consumer can do with the information. What can I do to change it? etc. 
The journalist does not reflect his or her opinion and also does not render or implement what those solutions are, but tries to inform the society of what solutions there might be. Pioneers of constructive journalism say that as a journalist you have a big impact on the way people think, because of the way you construct the news. Journalists need to be aware of that responsibility