#journal

Looking back, I still can't believe how unprofessional the news media was. So much spin, so few hard facts. All those digestible sound bites from an army of 'experts' all contradicting one another, all trying to seem more 'shocking' and 'in-depth' than the last one. It was all so confusing, nobody seemed to know what to do. ↗

— Max Brooks

#media #news #spin #media

I can imagine in years to come that my papers and memorabilia, my journals and letters, will find themselves always in the company of people who care about many of the things I do. ↗

— Alice Walker

#always #care #come #company #find

When I went in, my editor said, 'I hope you don't think you're a writer.' And I said, 'I hope you don't think I'm a journalist.' And, uh, turned out we were both right. ↗

— Julia Cameron

#editor #hope #i #journalist #out

I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent in South Asia, for the Geneva-based Journal de Geneve, which at one time used to be one of the best international newspapers in Europe. ↗

— Francois Gautier

#being #best #correspondent #different #ended

The lazy blogosphere has given up on journalism and now trolls Twitter for their on-the-record in-depth articles. ↗

— Kurt Sutter

#given #in-depth #journalism #lazy #now

I'm saying that the WMD reporting was not consciously evil. It was bad journalism, even very bad journalism. ↗

— Daniel Okrent

#consciously #even #evil #i #journalism

I would tell young journalists to be brave and go against the tide. When everyone else is relying on the internet, you should not; when nobody's walking, you should walk; when few people are reading profound books, you should read. ... rather than seeking a plusher life you should pursue some hardship. Eat simple food. When everyone's going for quick results, pursue things of lasting value. Don't follow the crowd; go in the opposite direction. If others are fast, be slow. -- Jin Yongquan ↗

— Judy Polumbaum

#efficacy #ethics #journalism #journalists #media

Everything is in the way the material is composed. ↗

— Joseph O'Connor

#journalism #media-bias #communication

He needed no foreplay for the interview, and I was grateful. It's like sweet-talking your date when you both know you're about to get laid. ↗

— Gillian Flynn

#journalist #dating

Lazareff believed that "a journalists first duty is to be read," but Camus felt it was to tell the truth as much as possible, with as much style as possible. Camus saw "Lazareffism" as unacceptable journalism, a mixture of political submissiveness, raw crime, and nonsense. Pia and Camus hated the spineless large-circulation press, which followed orders and catered to its readers' lower instincts. ↗

— Olivier Todd

#life