#journalism

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

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

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

The problem of knowledge is that there are many more books on birds written by ornithologists than books on birds written by birds and books on ornithologists written by birds ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#art-criticism #critics #insight #knowledge #music-criticism

Objectivity is a peculiar demand to make of institutions which, as business corporations, are dedicated first of all to economic survival. It is a peculiar demand to make of institutions which often, by tradition or explicit credo, are political organs. It is a peculiar demand to make of editors and reporters who have none of the professional apparatus which, for doctors or lawyers or scientists, is supposed to guarantee objectivity. ↗

— Michael Schudson

#media #objectivity #business

How long can we maintain? I wonder. How long before one of us starts raving and jabbering at this boy? What will he think then? This same lonely desert was the last known home of the Manson family. Will he make that grim connection.. ↗

— Hunter S. Thompson

#gonzo-journalism #family

In the English language, it all comes down to this: Twenty-six letters, when combined correctly, can create magic. Twenty -six letters form the foundation of a free, informed society. ↗

— John Grogan

#inspirational #journalism #memoir #family