Quotes About Journalism

What bothers me is the lack of self-awareness. I don't know if I have ever met a group less self-aware than political reporters.

It's about being right and trying to get the facts and get the story right, and inform, you know, the readership or the viewership. And there are some reporters that do that.

Bloggers are not reporters.

I've learned that the best political reporters never make predictions!

Reporters have to use their imagination, really put themselves in the shoes of the person they want to interview.

The best crime reporters don't mind charging in - but they also know how to do it as decent human beings.

There are a lot of reporters who I feel are a lot more courageous and fool-hardy than I am. Maybe at the top I'd put Dexter Filkins. He's an extraordinary man in terms of his nerve and ability to get into dangerous situations and tell the story cogently. He's bringing back real human stories. I admire that.

When reporters are in the business of obtaining hard facts that service the free flow of information, journalists should have a right to obtain that information without fear of personal ruin or incarceration.

There should be no doubt about my commitment to responding to questions from reporters in the same language that the question is asked.

As reporters, we not only deliver the news of the day. We must also defend the truth. And just because we are pro-truth doesn't mean we are anti-Trump.

It was great to learn producing news from the bottom up and although I often looked at the reporters and thought, 'I could do that!'

Do I believe that their coverage is slanted and biased? Yes. I've seen it with my own eyes. A majority of reporters are liberal.

Yes, there's still much good journalism to be found, if you know where to look. Yet, ask reporters who've been around a while, and many will tell you that a lot of good journalism is being left unpublished.

I believe Forbes is an important outlet for broadening environmental journalism beyond the overwhelmingly alarmist approach taken by most reporters, and look forward to contributing heterodoxical pieces on energy and the environment in the future.

I've always been a guy who didn't mind speaking to reporters.

I've seen Jordanian television lead its newscast with three identical, consecutive scenes, all on the same royal couch. It's hilarious, and most Western reporters cackle sarcastically when they first see it. I certainly did.

I used to work for a newspaper that covered local resource issues, and my coworkers and friends were journalists. Their reporting work was always pretty grim.

This is reporting the way I like it... in the field, gritty and aggressive.

I think the commentarian has taken over, so now what you get is a lot less reporting and more opinion.

Reporting on great bands at the festivals throughout the summer is probably my favourite part of the year.

I always thought of myself as more of a columnist, but maybe a columnist who does reporting.

The modern economics of the newsroom don't support big investigative reporting staffs.

I would love for us to get back to a place in this country where we have real journalists, where we have real news reporting.

Good reporting is good reporting, regardless of the newness or oldness of the medium.