Journalism Quote by David Halberstam

“Real journalists pride themselves on getting it first and right; they get to the bottom of the story,”

— Jeannette Walls

There are far too many journalists who are in a rush to be first, instead of being right.

— Ed Henry

“the journalist philosophy. This name is a nod to the fact that journalists, like Walter Isaacson, are trained to shift into a writing mode…

— Cal Newport

“Struggling for survival and relevance, we as a profession of political journalists and commentators have collectively debased our craft to the lowest common denominator—writing…

— Kerry-Anne Walsh

Journalism is literature in a hurry.

— Matthew Arnold

Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.

— Karl Kraus

Journalists always want publishers or editors to leave. They're creative troublemakers - that's why you hire them.

— Andrew Neil

Journalists are supposed to put the people first, even before themselves. Around the world and throughout history, journalists have died to get the truth…

— Michael Arrington

If we're going to live as we are in a world of supply and demand, then journalists had better find a way to create…

— Bill Kovach

“Journalists obsess about their leads. Don Wycliff, a winner of prizes for editorial writing, says, “I’ve always been a believer that if I’ve got…

— Chip Heath

“the easy bit – passing the material to sympathetic journalists – was proving tricky.”

— Luke Harding

The tragedy of journalism is that these are people doing their best work.

— Tom Stoppard