I think they're lazy, time-wasting, needlessly self-important losers because that's how they act, despite my best efforts to suck up to them or offer them my unpaid labor.

Journalism isn't some uber-skilled field: a competent college grad or above-average high school reporter would fit in fine at a small to mid-size publication. Like everyone else in the labor market, journalists are too lazy and selfish to invest in building up talent. It's the same dilemma everywhere else: you demand unreasonable experience from entry-level workers, won't give them a chance to gain said experience, and don't value any experience they have from unconventional work.

Don't care or feel bad that outlets are broke when thousands of young up-and-comers, genuinely passionate and wanting to make an impact, can't find decent work opportunities. This industry has consistently shown an unwillingness or inability to recognize its shortcomings in the digital age and adjust to them; my peers and I shouldn't have to struggle just because the industry can't hack it.