Books Quote by John Hersey

Journalism, like history, has no therapeutic value; it is better able to diagnose than to cure, and it provides society with a primitive means…

— Bill Vaughan

A key purpose of journalism is to provide an adversarial check on those who wield the greatest power by shining a light on what…

— Glenn Greenwald

Fiction is my deepest love, but I love journalism, too. It keeps me thinking vigorously, and it reminds me that there is a world…

— Jennifer Egan

Journalism is the art of collecting varying kinds of information (commonly called news) which a few people possess and of transmitting it to a…

— Henry R. Luce

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

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

— Rebecca West

Journalism is a craft that takes years to learn. It's like golf. You never get it right all the time. It's a game of…

— Ben Huh

Journalism is an act of faith in the future

— Ann Curry

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

Fiction is a bridge to the truth that journalism can't reach.

— Hunter S. Thompson

I think journalism is useful training for a writer in the way it takes the preciousness out of the pragmatic side of the craft.

— Kevin Barry

Great journalism will always attract readers. The words, pictures and graphics that are the stuff of journalism have to be brilliantly packaged; they must…

— Rupert Murdoch