A while ago I did a diploma in journalism for my own interest. My 3 favorite movies about journalists are Absence of Malice, Spotlight, and The Ring. The last one is classified as a horror movie, but the protagonist (Rachel Keller) is a journalist. I've seen Absence of Malice twice. The title alone made me want to watch it. Sally Field owns every single movie or tv show she appears in. Spotlight was also excellent and deserved all its Academy Awards and nominations. Rachel McAdams put on the performance of her career in that one. Spotlight struck a chord with me because I grew up in the Catholic church.