#journalism

I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#drama #gets #i #i think #information

You see, Monsieur, it's worth everything, isn't it, to keep one's intellectual liberty, not to enslave one's powers of appreciation, one's critical independence? It was because of that that I abandoned journalism, and took to so much duller work: tutoring and private secretaryship. There is a good deal of drudgery, of course; but one preserves one's moral freedom, what we call in French one's quant a soi. And when one hears good talk one can join in it without compromising any opinions but one's own; or one can listen, and answer it inwardly. Ah, good conversation--there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing. And so I have never regretted giving up either diplomacy or journalism--two different forms of the same self-abdication." He fixed his vivid eyes on Archer as he lit another cigarette. "Voyez-vous, Monsieur, to be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret for, isn't it? But, after all, one must earn enough to pay for the garret; and I confess that to grow old as a private tutor--or a `private' anything--is almost as chilling to the imagination as a second secretaryship at Bucharest. Sometimes I feel I must make a plunge: an immense plunge. Do you suppose, for instance, there would be any opening for me in America-- in New York? ↗

— Edith Wharton

#journalism #liberty #age

Journalism is not a precise science, it's a crude art ↗

— Dan Rather

#art #crude #journalism #media #media-journalism

In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation. ↗

— Anthony Sampson

#apt #britain #conversation #extension #history

What passes for investigative journalism is finding somebody with their pants down - literally or otherwise. ↗

— Robert Scheer

#finding #investigative #journalism #literally #otherwise

I've had a lot of fun, and when I talk to kids in journalism schools, I say, look, I know what the journalism teachers tell you that this is a great way to perform public service and all that, but I say the main reason, if you decide what you want to do is be a reporter, the main reason you want to do it is because it's just so much fun. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#decide #fun #great #great way #had

See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers. ↗

— John Sladek

#background #call #halt #handling #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