Balance Quote by Joan Konner

We define journalism in America as the business and practice of presenting the news of the day in the interest of economic privilege.

— Upton Sinclair

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

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

“The history of American journalism, then, is a history of change. To survive the change foisted on it by new delivery systems, journalism’s delivery…

— Bob Schieffer

Real journalism is publishing something that somebody else does not want published - the rest is just public relations...

— George Orwell

Journalism is a great profession. It's complicated now. People talk about the demise of investigative reporting. I was a judge in some award contest…

— Seymour Hersh

I don't have any well-developed philosophy about journalism. Ultimately it is important in a society like this, so people can know about everything that…

— Charles Kuralt

When journalism is treated as just another widget in a commercial enterprise, the focus isn't on truth, verification or public good, but productivity and…

— Heather Brooke

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 continues to go south, thanks to big media and its strangulation of news, and there's not much left in the way of community…

— Michael Copps

The dilemma for early 21st century journalism is this: Who will pay for the news?

— Nathan Myhrvold

Journalism has become a form of idealism. It is no longer, first and foremost, function, craft, service - it is mission.

— Michael Wolff