Journalism Quotes
In the English language, it all comes down to this: Twenty-six letters, when combined correctly, can create magic. Twenty -six letters form the foundation of a free, informed society.
Journalism students need to understand it and need a solid background in the liberal arts, in sociology, economics, literature and language, because they won't get it later on.
It was while making newspaper deliveries, trying to miss the bushes and hit the porch, that I first learned the importance of accuracy in journalism.
With technology and social media and citizen journalism, every rock that used to go unturned is now being flipped, lit and put on TV.
A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism.
The problem of knowledge is that there are many more books on birds written by ornithologists than books on birds written by birds and books on ornithologists written by birds
Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction.
Yeah, I think of what I do as a work of journalism. It's more like the op-ed page, though. These are my opinions. My point of view. The opinions are mine and I let you make up your own mind.
The press is called the Fourth Estate. It is definitely a power, but, to misuse that power is criminal.
An erudite is someone who displays less than he knows; a journalist or consultant the opposite.
Journalism is concerned with events, poetry with feelings. Journalism is concerned with the look of the world, poetry with the feel of the world.
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.
All good novelists have bad memories. What you remember comes out as journalism; what you forget goes into the compost of the imagination.
Journalism has become a sort of competitive screeching: what is trivial but noisy and immediate takes precedence over important matters that develop over time.
If we're going to live as we are in a world of supply and demand, then journalists had better find a way to create a demand for good journalism.
Journalists cover words and delude themselves into thinking they have committed journalism.
Nobody beats a bunch of journalists for inflating their rather mundane straightforward chores with a lot more melodrama and self-importance than the job should be asked to contain.
All journalists hope that their work will inspire a broader conversation. I think that's just what journalism is.
I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.
Gonzo journalism is a style of reporting based on William Faulkner's idea that the best fiction is far more true than any kind of journalism.
The first word I would remove from the folklore of journalism is the word objective.
At the core of investigative journalism is exactly the same thing that drives a page-turning thriller: telling a great story.
If you work in either journalism or politics... you will be flogged for being right and flogged for being wrong, and it hurts both ways-but it doesn't hurt as much when you're right.
The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set.
In Czechoslovakia there is no such thing as freedom of the press. In the United States there is no such thing as freedom from the press.
As I went to college, I went into radio and television. Now I suppose most people think that's one step ahead of basket weaving as a major in college, but it was part of the journalism department.
All of journalism is a shrinking art. So much of it is hype. The O.J. Simpson story is a landmark in the decline of journalism.
Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.
