Journalism Quotes

A writer who takes up journalism abandons the slow tempo of literature for a faster one and the change will do him harm. By degrees the flippancy of journalism will become a habit and the pleasure of being paid on the nail and more especially of being praised on the nail grow indispensable.

~ Cyril Connolly

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

~ Henry R. Luce

Journalism: A profession whose business is to explain to others what it personally does not understand.

~ Lord Northcliffe

TV journalism is a much more collaborative, horizontal business than print reporting. It has to be, because of the logistics. Anchors are wholly dependent on producers to do all the hustling.

~ Tina Brown

At CNN, our view is that good journalism equals good business.

~ Jim Walton

There's a certain elitism that has crept into the attitudes of some in journalism, and it played out perfectly over the issue of these little American flag lapel pins.

~ Brit Hume

Journalism should be more like science. As far as possible, facts should be verifiable. If journalists want long-term credibility for their profession, they have to go in that direction. Have more respect for readers.

~ Julian Assange

The critical importance of honest journalism and a free flowing, respectful national conversation needs to be had in our country. But it is being buried as collateral damage in a war whose battles include political correctness and ideological orthodoxy.

~ Juan Williams

In my career as a writer, I preferred to avoid current events: I wrote young adult novels and book reviews and lifestyle journalism about health and parenting and other such evergreens.

~ Laura Moser

It is true that the Internet can be used to disseminate falsehoods quickly, but it just as quickly roots them out and exposes them in a way that the traditional model of journalism and its closed, insular, one-way form of communication could never do.

~ Glenn Greenwald

To conclude: good journalism is one of the models of good conversation and communication in the wider social context.

~ Rowan Williams

I started, actually, in journalism when I was - well. I started at the 'New York Times' when I was 18 years old, actually, but really got into journalism when I was 15 years old and had started a sports magazine which was trying to become a national sports magazine.

~ Andrew Ross Sorkin

I would love to be associated with some sports organization. I was a journalism major. That's kind of intriguing, to do something in the political-commentary arena.

~ J. C. Watts

A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.

~ Walter Lippmann

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

~ Rebecca West

Journalism is what we need to make democracy work.

~ Walter Cronkite

In journalism, we recognize a kind of hierarchy of fame among the famous. We measure it in two ways: by the length of an obituary and by how far in advance it is prepared. Presidents, former presidents, and certain heads of state are at the top of the chain.

~ Walter Cronkite

Look at the news stand, you know? I mean, it's a cacophony of famous people or people who want to be famous with blurbs all around it, and it's supposed to be, you know, that's supposed to be creativity in journalism. My God, it's unbelievable. It's shocking.

~ George Lois

I've always been kind of a mutt creatively. I started off in journalism, and I've actually done more police and procedural shows than I've ever done science fiction shows. I was on 'Murder She Wrote,' I was on 'Walker, Texas Ranger,' I was on 'Jake and the Fat Man.'

~ J. Michael Straczynski

Kathy Dewar, my high-school English teacher, introduced me to journalism. From the moment I wrote my first article for the student paper, I convinced myself that having my name in print - writing in English, interviewing Americans - validated my presence here.

~ Jose Antonio Vargas

I believe that music is another form of news. Music is another form of journalism to me so I have to cover all the areas with my album.

~ Lil Wayne

Journalism, as concerns collecting information, differs little if at all from intelligence work. In my judgment, a journalist's job is very interesting.

~ Vladimir Putin

I started off in journalism 16 years ago in Stockholm, and I wrote for a few different publications for many years. I've also worked in advertising as a copywriter and creative director, but I changed it for architecture at 25 years old.

~ Magnus Larsson

Journalism is a craft that takes years to learn. It's like golf. You never get it right all the time. It's a game of fewer errors, better facts, and better reporting.

~ Ben Huh

And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place.

~ Christiane Amanpour

My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted to be in the places where history was being made.

~ Jorge Ramos

Any good broadcast, not just an Olympic broadcast, should have texture to it. It should have information, should have some history, should have something that's offbeat, quirky, humorous, and where called for it, should have journalism, and judiciously it should also have commentary. That's my ideal.

~ Bob Costas

If journalism is the first draft of history, then talk radio provides an early glimpse into how the meaning of political events will be spun for ideological and partisan purposes.

~ Jackson Katz

You will always have partial points of view, and you'll always have the story behind the story that hasn't come out yet. And any form of journalism you're involved with is going to be up against a biased viewpoint and partial knowledge.

~ Margaret Atwood

We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.

~ Helen Thomas

The courage in journalism is sticking up for the unpopular, not the popular.

~ Geraldo Rivera

Some people call it the 'Al Jazeera spirit' - courage, re-thinking authority, giving a voice to the voiceless. We have never been favored by the authority. The human being is the center of our editorial policy. We are not a TV station that rushes after stars, big names, press conferences, hand-shake journalism.

~ Wadah Khanfar

I would trust citizen journalism as much as I would trust citizen surgery.

~ Morley Safer

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice journalism what will be grasped at once.

~ Cyril Connolly

We all have our likes and our dislikes. But... when we're doing news - when we're doing the front-page news, not the back page, not the op-ed pages, but when we're doing the daily news, covering politics - it is our duty to be sure that we do not permit our prejudices to show. That is simply basic journalism.

~ Walter Cronkite

Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long.

~ Hunter S. Thompson

I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.

~ Dan Rather

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.

~ Jim Hightower

I don't believe in gutter politics. I don't believe in gutter journalism.

~ Maria Shriver

My father was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. My grandfather had been in politics, too; however, my own inclination was for a job other than politics. I wanted to be a diplomat, perhaps do some journalism - certainly not politics.

~ Benazir Bhutto