I am just a single voice in a sea of many

What makes a good writer? Many things but mostly the ability to tell a story people would like to hear. What makes a good journalist? This I am on the road to finding out so any helpful insight would be very much obliged. I don’t want to tell a story to offend people or light fires but at times I believe the flames must be flamed in order for people to see the smoke and put the fires of the world out. Today I start my blooming journalistic musings with topics that have been playing out for years. Some investigative, some query’s, some firsthand accounts but all bridged together in order to help knock the controversial fires out. Why am I confident I can make a difference or people would care what I have to say? I’m not. I am scared to death but I have many people who were also scared to death impact and change my life.