Quotes About Journalism

It's arguably the best newspaper in the world.

"Not sure," he retorted; "you call yourself a journalist, and admit there is a subject under Heaven of which you are not sure!"

Without the New York Times, there is no blog community. They'd have nothing to blog about.

I'm here as a radio journalist but am not even sure which part of a tape recorder takes the pictures.

Wisdom of the Ages: "Brian Williams Week" Just like me in 2003, it looks like Brian Williams ended up "Between Iraq and a Hard Place.

The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations.

It amazes me to witness the masochism with which some journalists characterize their industry as a dying species. The future belongs to citizen journalism and blogs.

It would be easy to descend into despair, not only about the state of journalism, but the future of American democracy. But giving up is not an option. There is too much at stake.

I think I'm careful. My goal is to try to stay away as much from opinion journalism as possible.

It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.

A newspaper is lumber made malleable. It is ink made into words and pictures. It is conceived, born, grows up and dies of old age in a day.

I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers would be surprised, perhaps shocked, at the questions which some newspaper editors will put to a defenseless woman under the guise of flattery.

Being a famous print journalist is like being the best-dressed woman on radio.

Fucking hell. Shit sounds like I'm writing for ladies who lunch on Fifth Avenue. Unending vortex of ugly? Holy sensationalism, Batman! Who the fuck am I writing for? I could move in closer, get to the real Singer, but I'll just fail like every other journalist

The manipulated millions could be aroused or soothed by any lies. The guiding light of journalism was no stronger than a glow-worm.

There's a bit of Ron Burgundy in every newsroom..

I will stay in the car until the last minute that I'm going to jump out and do a standup or jump out and do some interviews.

there is a hierarchy of deceptions. Near the bottom of the ladder is journalism: a steady stream of irresponsible distortions that most people find refreshing although on the morning after, or at least within a week, it will be stale and flat.

Don't you worry Stella, we'll get to the bottom of this, you know we will.  We are the best there is in investigative journalism'. 'Yes you're right, we are'.  Stella

Le Figaro's Albert Wolff,

Máquina» es un término periodístico. Los términos inexactos como ese forman parte de la psicosis de la guerra. Las personas no son máquinas, aunque quieran serlo. Hay que empezar en alguna parte. ?Pero mientras tanto muchas personas inocentes van a sufrir. ?Lo sé, y eso es precisamente el quid de la cuestión. Podría decirse, y es cierto, que la guerra es como un bumerang y resulta imposible garantizar la seguridad de nadie a la larga.

I think I was always interested in the larger world, even as a kid, and my experiences as a journalist only heightened that interest. Covering conflict, I learned that though leaders often try to create a sense of "us" and "them," the differences are not that delineated. I often felt like it was a whole bunch of "us," with some of "them" scattered around. That made me feel that the borders we draw around ourselves are often artificial.

The news should start with mathematics, then poetry, and move down from there.

one story everyone can safely cover is how much we hate each other. There's no institutional or commercial taboo that story violates.