Versatile - Anonymous Interpretation: Material aspects: In ordinary mundane terms a journal or any type of manual keeps track of the progress of a particular task or project.
To be writing in such a book suggests that we may need to monitor what we are doing more carefully.
A journalist or newspaper reporter in such a dream suggests that care needs to be taken in putting across the right information and ensuring that detail is not lost.
The journalist in this context makes judgements as to how much of this can be shared with others.
A journalist symbolizes the recorder and observing part of our higher self which witnesses how we maintain our spiritual integrity.
The gender of the journalist will suggest a more emotional approach if the figure is female and a more logical approach if male.