Journalism Quotes - Page 11

I find having a column a very difficult form of journalism. I'm not a natural like Tom Friedman and Anna Quindlen.

Perhaps profit isn't everything, but nothing works without profit. Profit is the basis for independent journalism.

Always verify your references.

Letting journalism be from the perspective of the journalist. It's usually a no-no, and journalists are encouraged to be completely objective.

There is nothing more common than critics of journalists accusing them of practicing journalism. It is our function in the world to take things that are complicated and render them in a form that non-experts can follow and make sense of.

Father: 'Anything but journalism.' I rebelled.

Journalism has a distinct place in familiarizing and expressing public opinion.

Reasons for not keeping a notebook: 1) the ambiguity of the reader

As a cub reporter, I devoured books about journalism.

I've never written a hard journalism piece in my life. I've never wanted to do that.

I can only speak as an American, but most journalism here isn't doing its job any more. It's about selling stuff.

Art is art, and journalism is journalism.

You had journalist saying during the campaign that Donald Trump compels them to suspend all objective standards of journalism.

It's completely inappropriate. It's not journalism. It's opinion.

I dont personally feel that I have to save democracy and journalism.

I care deeply about journalism, but we need to be a business.

When I was in journalism school, you were taught to be completely objective. But we don't see that anymore.

I found in investigative journalism it is always best, if you have any language skills, not to admit them.

For David Halberstam journalism was a calling, not a job. You couldn't fire him and he wouldn't quit.

David [Halberstam] kept on doing what he did because he loved it. One of the obituaries I read quoted him as saying that he did journalism for the same reason the great Julius Irving did basketball: He loved doing it even when he was having a bad day.

Being a journalist, Hacker had no particular talent for reporting facts.

The basic problem is with the business model of journalism. That business model is premised on the idea that talk is cheap and reporting is expensive.

Obama was willing to compromise and Republicans were not. That's not a biased statement. One of my problems with the limitations of journalism is that straightforward descriptions of reality are seen as being biased.

For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.

I'm not in the judgment part of journalism.