Commitment Quote by Laura Poitras

I know a lot of reporters certainly will go to jail to defend confidential sources. Some have even gone to jail for an issue…

— Floyd Abrams

Simply stated, sometimes journalists can only get their information from informants who must remain anonymous in order to protect their careers and sometimes even…

— Rod Lurie

There's no question that sources sometimes have interests aside from the truth when they talk to reporters. That's why reporters have to very aggressively…

— Bill Keller

Let's put it this way. The United States government has assembled a massive investigation team into me personally, into my work with the journalists,…

— Edward Snowden

It should go without saying, of course, that anything a journalist writes about any person, public or private, must have a verifiable basis in…

— Norah Vincent

When you have mass surveillance, it's impossible to meet the intent of the First Amendment because reporters can't talk to sources because sources are…

— Pierre Omidyar

When reporters are in the business of obtaining hard facts that service the free flow of information, journalists should have a right to obtain…

— Rod Lurie

If information is true, if it can be verified, and if it's really important, the newspaper needs to be willing to take the risk…

— Bob Woodward

There is no higher claim to journalistic integrity than going to jail to protect a source.

— Thomas Frank

I don't claim to be a journalist. I hold myself to higher standards of transparency and disclosure.

— Michael Arrington

I dont claim to be a journalist. I hold myself to higher standards of transparency and disclosure.

— Michael Arrington

I’ve been an investigative reporter for a long time, and almost always, the government says that [‘you can’t publish that because of the national…

— James Risen