622 Quotes About Journalism

Journalism is an act of faith in the future

The invariable question, asked only half-mockingly of reporters by editors at the Post (and then up the hierarchical line of editors) was 'What have you done for me today?' Yesterday was for the history books, not newspapers.-- Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward

Hardly unaware of his image, Bradlee even cultivated it. He delighted in displaying his street savvy, telling a reporter to get his ass moving and talk to some real cops, not lieutenants and captains behind a desk; then rising to greet some visiting dignitary from Le Monde or L'Express in formal, flawless French, complete with a peck on each cheek.-- Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward

Like so many others of my tenure and temperament—stubborn ancients, I suppose—web reporting is anathema to everything I love about newspapering: getting a tip, developing leads, fleshing-out the details, then telling the story. Now it stops with the tip. Just verify (hopefully!) and post it. I didn’t write stories anymore; I 'produced content.

Perhaps the biggest problem in journalism is the cult divide between journalists and corporate owners.

As a professional journalist, I have always been fascinated by people who appear to have even more spare time than I do.

As the saying goes: "If you're not part of the solution, you're a newspaper columnist."

For the journalist, anything probable is gospel truth.

The highest reach of a news-writer is an empty Reasoning on Policy, and vain Conjectures on the public Management.