@Ascended said superman books are about Superman. Anyways, lois was used like that because tomasi wasn't focusing on reporting as a whole. He actively didn't focus on it. Was clark a reporter in his run? The answer is no. Lois was doing reporting things outside the panel. Why? Because tomasi didn't want to tell a story about that. Moreover, i doubt tomasi was going to tell a story like that regardless of jon. Jurgens was already on it. Finally , just because a run focused on lois the mom and lois the badass fighter. Doesn't mean others can't have lois being a reporter with a more noir flavour.