Yeah. I'm just picking up on what an English professor used to rant
about...

He also used to get on weathermens' cases and sportscasters. He got riled
up when an announcer would say the baserunner has "good speed" or when a
weather broadcaster would say "shower activity" instead of "rain."

(Since you are a journalist, you might like the old set of Edwin Newman
books, "Strictly Speaking" and "A Civil Tongue." Newman, correctly IMO,
has great criticism for those who wreck the language. )