Make her a PI like Veronica Mars. One of the big reasons that occurred to me is because on the show she's shown using a camera for photographic evidence a lot.
Keep in mind that you have about as much chance of changing my mind as I do of changing yours.
Sadly we're in the era where TMZ breaks news first, The Sun is taken seriously and presidential hopefuls go on celeb podcasts. Podcasting really isn't a downgrade anymore.
As "shallow" as Wendy Williams may seem she's one of the few celeb gossip journalists that uses real sources and doesn't lie or say whatever sticks to get views like a lot of celeb blog sites tend to do these days.
december 21st has passed where are my superpowers?
Have Vicki become an online porn director and actress.
I am sure Jim Lee and Frank Miller would approve.
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I'd just give her the same kind of job she had in B89: A photojournalist that works with Alexander Knox.
Why bother seriously revamping her when later writers will likely throw that out? Best to pull a Geoff Johns and present the most common pop culture image of her.
In any event, Vicki's profession isn't the problem with the character. And of course she won't gain traction if people are reductive and just write her off as a Lois Lane ripoff.