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- Nov 07, 2020
Journalism Quotes
On deadlines, doubt, and the line between reporting and opinion.
One line here draws a sharp distinction between straight reporting and an opinion column, framing them as almost entirely different kinds of reading, while another describes the tired, edgy mood that seems to suit the job. If you want more on the craft itself, browse our More quotes.
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- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a meritocracy, actors who act well get good roles. They don't get to be journalists, too - a job that, in a meritocracy, should go to those who do journalism well.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I learned at journalism school and at ABC - those skills are the same no matter where you are in the world.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
The media has changed. We now give broadcast licenses to philosophies instead of people. People get confused and think there is no difference between news and entertainment. People who project themselves as journalists on television don't know the first thing about journalism. They are just there stirring up a hockey game.
- Been
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been an outsider in journalism and in the academy, because I never fully belonged to any of them.
- Dishonest
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- Nov 07, 2020
A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started off in journalism, you knew there was an audience out there and that you wanted people to read what you produced. But it also felt like you had a limited ability to shape the audience, or to acquire an audience, for what you were doing. So you didn't really think too much about that.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, formulas always existed in journalism. When I was just getting into the business, 'Time' and 'Newsweek' knew if they could put Jesus' face on the cover that it would do really well on the newsstands. So every year, they would put Jesus' face on the newsstand. There was a formula there.
- Nov 07, 2020
Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read.
- Christianity
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- Nov 07, 2020
All the faults of the age come from Christianity and journalism. Christianity, of course, but why journalism?
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was this fascination with hidden lives, I suspect, that led me to journalism; seeking to uncover the truth about people became a job.
- Fake
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fake news is a big thing in the field of Social Media Journalism. Fake news can be as simple has spreading misinformation.or as dangerous as smearing hateful propaganda.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got started on YouTube when I was a freshman in college. I was a broadcast journalism major, and I already had a lot of experience with video editing and photography.
- Path
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- Nov 07, 2020