Journalism Quotes · Page 31

I think it's a real shame so many schools have taken out the hands-on classes. Art, music, auto mechanics, cooking, sewing, these…

— Temple Grandin

I figured I was going to apply to one journalism school and let fate take a hand.

— Erik Larson

“I earned a mater's degree in journalism and took the first job offered, as a sports writer. Instead of chasing my own…

— Mitch Albom

The web has introduced a competitive, and some might argue hostile, landscape for long, in-depth, resource-intensive journalism.

— Chris Hughes

A lot of people, myself included, are excited about blogging and stuff like that, citizen journalism, but I do remind people that…

— Craig Newmark

One of the more morbid parts of the journalism business is the process of writing obituaries. Oftentimes, for older celebrities or historic…

— Jason Johnson

I am suspicious of writers who go looking for issues to address. Writers are neither preachers nor journalists. Journalists know much more…

— A. S. Byatt

No one says "Gee Whiz!" very much these days, of course, not even in America - both because that expression has long…

— Shashi Tharoor

Good journalism is good business practice; good business supports great journalism.

— Lachlan Murdoch

The journalist should be on his guard against publishing what is false in taste or exceptionable in morals.

— William C. Bryant

I kind of knew inside that I wanted to try comedy, but it was a mystery. How do you start? So when…

— Lisa Lampanelli

When I was in journalism school, you were taught to be completely objective. But we don't see that anymore.

— Julie Chen

You can construct whatever story you want to. Documentaries are constructions, as is all journalism.

— Tim Hetherington

I don't think that my kind of journalism has ever been universally popular. It's lonely out here.

— Hunter S. Thompson

Only a newspaper! Quick read, quick lost, Who sums the treasure that it carries hence? Torn, trampled under feet, who counts thy…

— Mary C. Ames

In journalism, a fact is just a fact. But in fiction, you have to build your case. It has to be made,…

— Edward P. Jones

As someone who has spent a lot of her career as an investigative reporter, I'll confess that a frustration of mine has…

— Jill Abramson

Being a journalist seemed the ideal way of both having a job and experiencing the world, especially for anyone with a sense…

— Jackie Kennedy

[On journalists:] They are the scavengers of society who, possessing no guts of their own, tear out the guts of celebrities. They…

— Caitlin Thomas

It's good for a writer to come from journalism because it gives you the tools. A journalist knows that he or she…

— Isabel Allende

It is hard news that catches readers. Features hold them.

— Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe

I personally feel that there's a lot of music journalism that is dominated by genre, because you need a language in which…

— Ben Watt

I reluctantly signed up for a journalism major, thinking I needed a fall-back way to make money should my career as a…

— Kevin Maney

I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.

— Bob Schieffer

Master's degree in journalism served several purposes. It helped me to break down and understand scripts. And the discipline of getting my…

— Regina Hall