#journalism

When I was a freelancer, I thought this journalism thing was a racket, and now that I'm where I am now, I know it's a racket. ↗

— Tabitha Soren

#i #i am #journalism #know #now

For me, journalism has been more a matter of projecting a particular approach to covering policies, to covering issues. It was a continuation of what I tried to do in government. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#been #continuation #covering #government #i

The whole notion of journalism being an institution whose fundamental purpose is to educate and inform and even, one might say, elevate, has altered under commercial pressure, perhaps, into a different kind of purpose, which is to divert and distract and entertain. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#being #commercial #different #different kind #distract

The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set. ↗

— Andrew Sullivan

#craft #dirty #journalism #little #need

My favorite thing is still journalism. I'm almost 50. This has been my life ever since I was in college. ↗

— David Talbot

#been #college #ever #favorite #i

The journalism school helped me develop writing skills, and I had been enjoying cartooning from a very young age. My interest in puppetry, however, came much later. ↗

— William Jackson

#been #came #cartooning #develop #enjoying

All of journalism is a shrinking art. So much of it is hype. The O.J. Simpson story is a landmark in the decline of journalism. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#decline #hype #journalism #landmark #much

Publishing is a business, but journalism never was and is not essentially a business. Nor is it a profession. ↗

— Henry R. Luce

#essentially #journalism #never #nor #profession

Before Truman Capote, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously. ↗

— Gerald Clarke

#capote #journalism #non-fiction #seriously #taken

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