Storytelling Quote by Joshua Green

“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

“Once that work has permeated the mainstream—once it’s found “a host body,” in David Brock’s phrase—then comes the “pivot.” Heroes and villains emerge and…

— Joshua Green

“One thing I understood from the beginning is that the press almost completely tunes out abstractions. They won’t write about ideas without larger-than-life personalities…

— Eric S. Raymond

“Once in a while a story is spectacular enough to break through and attract media attention, but the swell quickly subsides into the general…

— Ruth Ozeki

“Unfortunately, mainstream news has become infotainment, sharing more in common with the entertainment industry than with traditional journalism. Gossip, characterizations and injections of drama…

— Lance Morcan

After two years studying what rewrite men did with the facts I phoned them, I knew that journalism was essentially a task of stringing…

— Russell Baker

“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

You have to see the stories [The New York Times] have written, it's one after another, after another, and facts mean nothing, third-rate journalism.…

— Donald Trump

Apart from a commendable determination to discomfit Trump and members of his inner circle (select military figures excepted, at least for now), journalism remains…

— Andrew Bacevich

“He was after a sensational story and this, of course, could not be constructed out of mere truth; not out of officially released truth,…

— Richard Adams

Everybody is an expert on one thing - that's what I learned in my high school journalism class - and that's, of course, his…

— William T. Vollmann

“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