Quotes About Journalism

I think politics is always about dialogue. I think journalism ranges from dialogue to monologue, and there are times when different poles are necessary.

I went back to the States and started at a small newspaper in Riverside County, California, covering the police; I was making $280 a week covering the police.

I went into journalism to learn the craft of writing and to get close to the world I wanted to write about - police and criminals, the criminal justice system.

I don't feel I ask anything of anybody else that I wouldn't give up myself. I don't think the things I ask are particularly shocking, and I don't think I approach celebrities from the point of view of being a polished journalist.

When I sit down to do an interview, I try to be polite and answer the questions that I'm asked.

I'm not a big fan of journalism schools, except those that are organized around a liberal arts education. Have an understanding of history, economics and political science - and then learn to write.

Having been a journalist for almost 20 years and then becoming a politician has definitely been an interesting and enriching experience for me.

I've been both a journalist and a politician, and I can tell you it is more fun to ask the questions than have to answer them.

I'm not a politician; I'm a journalist.

I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors.

I am satisfied that all politicians were meant to be journalists and all journalists meant to be politicians.

There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.

I cover media people the way they cover politicians.

Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.

Journalists can get very pompous, especially in the formalized days of 'Meet the Press,' when they took themselves so damned seriously.

As players we're held accountable for poor performance, I think the same should be said for journalists.

Journalists are often portrayed as cynical. I often think it's the opposite.

Before social media actually came into play, there were only journalists, who would represent you. If I went to a party, I was written about negatively or sometimes in a positive way as well but it never was the actual thing.

America is strong because its journalism is strong. That's how democracies work. They're only as good as the quality of the information that the public possesses. And that is where we come in.

I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world.

There was a time in the 1930s when magazine writers could actually make a good living. 'The Saturday Evening Post' and 'Collier's' both had three stories in each issue. These were usually entertaining, and people really went for them. But then television came along, and now of course, information technology... the new way of killing time.

When Arianna Huffington founded 'The Huffington Post' in 2005, a whole new era of journalism began.

I grew up with 'The Denver Post' and the 'Golden Transcript.' There was never a moment that I thought I'd work at the 'New York Times.' My goal, starting out, was just to see if I could be a journalist.

I started at 'The Post' as an intern in 2000 right after I got out of college.