#journalist

I got overwhelmed by the magnitude of the celebrity culture in America. My background is as a news journalist, and newsrooms in the US are shrinking - investigation teams are being terminated or shrunk on newspapers all around the country. The one aspect that's expanded is coverage of celebrity culture. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#around #aspect #background #being #celebrity

We journalists tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat. ↗

— Arthur Hays Sulzberger

#cat #journalists #jumping #public #take

Journalists are accused of being lapdogs when they don't ask the hard questions, but then accused of being rude when they do. Good thing we have tough hides. ↗

— Gwen Ifill

#ask #being #good #good thing #hard

I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#i #journalist #movie #never #true

Journalists are always calling my features Edwardian or Victorian, whatever that means. I am small, and people were smaller in those times. I'm pale and sickly-looking. I look fragile-like a doll. But sometimes I just wish I had less of a particular look, one that was more versatile. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#am #calling #doll #edwardian #features

I can remember how rude I could be at times to journalists and people phoning up for advice. ↗

— Benjamin Cohen

#could #how #i #i can #journalists

I am a hard-news journalist. That is what I do. ↗

— Candy Crowley

#i #i am #i do #journalist

I got to sit down with people who I admired, and have conversations with some of the greatest thinkers and artists and performers. It's a huge privilege for me to be a journalist. ↗

— James Daly

#artists #conversations #down #got #greatest

Although we were never pals and occasionally butted heads, my relationship with Clinton and his wife, Hillary, made me a better journalist. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#better #clinton #heads #hillary #his

Most political journalists come to Washington because they're snappy writers, big thinkers, or news breakers. Me? My ticket to the big leagues had little to do with talent. It was mostly about the governor I was covering, Bill Clinton. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#because #big #big leagues #bill #bill clinton