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. – Michael Connelly
A lot of people, myself included, are excited about blogging and stuff like that, citizen journalism, but I do remind people that no matter how excited we are, there’s no substitute for professional writing, no substitute for professional editing, and no substitute for professional fact-checking. – Craig Newmark
I was probably a B student in high school, but it wasn’t until I got to college that I said, ‘Oh! This is what it’s all about.’ And then I became an A student. I studied journalism in college and that’s what really kicked it into high gear for me. – Giuliana Rancic
When I say that I went to grad school in Iowa City, people often assume that I went to the famed writers’ workshop MFA program at the University of Iowa. I didn’t. I got a master’s in journalism. – Chelsea Cain
There’s no worse crime in journalism these days than simply deciding something’s a story because Drudge links to it. – Chuck Todd
Don’t count out other amazing programming like Frontline. You will still find more hours of in-depth news programming, investigative journalism and analysis on PBS than on any other outlet. – Gwen Ifill
I personally think honestly disclosing rather than hiding one’s subjective values makes for more honest and trustworthy journalism. But no journalism – from the most stylistically ‘objective’ to the most brazenly opinionated – has any real value unless it is grounded in facts, evidence, and verifiable data. – Glenn Greenwald
Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no worse, he got worse. – P. J. O’Rourke
The friends of tabloid newspapers often point out that their journalism exists only because millions of people pay money to read it. – Nick Davies
I am not a pure fiction writer, nor am I an academic writer. Somehow I ended up in this blended area of literary journalism. – George Packer
I have always been a big meta guy because I think the way journalism is practiced in Washington, and the way everyone sort of cohabitates in the same fishbowl is ultimately a bigger part of the story than people outside of the fishbowl really know. – Mark Leibovich
I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it. – Ed Asner
I would be lying if I said the journalism doesn’t reflect my own choices as a reporter and a writer: what to say, what to emphasize, how to say it, what is true or untrue. – David Simon
I violated, apparently, an unspoken rule that we are supposed to take care of our own. Frankly, if that invites discomfort, I welcome it. I don’t think there’s enough discomfort in journalism, especially in Washington. – Mark Leibovich
I see journalists as the manual workers, the laborers of the word. Journalism can only be literature when it is passionate. – Marguerite Duras
We all know that yellow journalism didn’t just happen a week ago or a month ago, that yellow journalism has probably been with us as long as journalism has been with us. – Errol Morris
In journalism, a fact is just a fact. But in fiction, you have to build your case. It has to be made, step by step. – Edward P. Jones
There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever. – Dan Rather
You’re under pressure when you produce facts. You’re working with facts in journalism, but you’re under all kinds of formal constraints; there are expectations. – Denis Johnson
As a journalist, I’ve always treaded carefully about being Jewish and caring a lot about Israel and having that not become too big of an issue that could affect my journalism. But I also don’t think it’s essential to my Judaism, as I think it might be for some other people. – David Gregory
I find it interesting, the different rules that apply to journalism and drama, even though journalism has become more and more about entertainment, and entertainment has become more and more about journalism. – Gus Van Sant
Absolutely everything undergoes evolvement – whether it’s technology, journalism, the NFL, medicine. – Marv Levy
I think newspapers shouldn’t try to compete directly with the Web, and should do what they can do better, which may be long-form journalism and using photos and art, and making connections with large-form graphics and really enhancing the tactile experience of paper. – Dave Eggers
