Air Quote by Henry Anatole Grunwald

Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault

— Henry Anatole Grunwald

“By focusing exclusively on the events of the day, journalism all but severs the connection between time and eternity. It makes the world appear…

— Craig M. Gay

Journalism has become a sort of competitive screeching: what is trivial but noisy and immediate takes precedence over important matters that develop over time.

— Ted Koppel

Journalism is an extraordinary and terrible privilege. Not by chance, if you are aware of it, does it consume you with a hundred feelings…

— Oriana Fallaci

“Our stable and eternal verities are being challenged. There's a kind of postmodern breakdown in journalism. The breadth of information sources and the speed…

— Judy Polumbaum

When journalism is silenced, literature must speak. Because while journalism speaks with facts, literature speaks with truth.

— Seno Gumira Ajidarma

I am a big believer in the power of journalism; it's a heroic pursuit.

— Morgan Neville

Journalists justify their treachery in various ways according to their temperaments. The more pompous talk about freedom of speech and ‘the public’s right to…

— Janet Malcolm

“Journalism has an urgency driven by events that philosophy tends to lack, while philosophy relies on analysis or contemplation that journalists often don’t have…

— Peter Catapano

“It was journalism at its best: irreverent, mischievous and beholden to no one.”

— Toby Young

And I think, in the end, that is the best definition of journalism I have heard; to challenge authority - all authority - especially…

— Robert Fisk

In essence, I see the value of journalism as resting in a twofold mission: informing the public of accurate and vital information, and its…

— Glenn Greenwald