Citizen journalism Quote by George A. Romero

It was this fascination with hidden lives, I suspect, that led me to journalism; seeking to uncover the truth about people became a job.

— Fiona Barton

“Journalism gave me another tool of exploration, another way of unveiling the laws that bound my body... And with journalism, I could directly ask…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

My intent was to gain experience for fiction I eventually hoped to write. But there's no question I was drawn in by the hope…

— Tom Rachman

In a faraway land called 'pre-2000,' what Earthlings now call blogging was called 'keeping a diary.' It's hard work to do well. I tried…

— Douglas Coupland

I wrote for magazines. I wrote adventure stuff, I wrote for the 'National Enquirer,' I wrote advertising copy for cemeteries.

— Walter Dean Myers

I never wanted/expected to write a memoir, but this life thing, it has a way of sideswiping our worlds, scaring us so thoroughly that…

— Joshua Mohr

Journalism is not easy. It's the first rough draft. I don't think you need to wait around until you have the definitive thing. You…

— Harold Evans

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

— Rebecca West

“It was exciting in its own self-absorbed way, which is very much the essence of journalism: you truly believe that you are living at…

— Nora Ephron

Without archives many stories of real people would be lost, and along with those stories, vital clues that allow us to reflect and interpret…

— Sara Sheridan

Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.

— John Hersey

“I could put the journal in journalist, but I’d rather supply my diary.”

— Jarod Kintz