Effect Quote by Maria Ressa

The point of journalism is to hold people in positions of power accountable.

— Ana Kasparian

What journalism is really about-it's to monitor power and the centres of power.

— Amira Hass

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

And journalism itself has changed. News organizations and some journalists have transformed from their traditional role as watchdogs of power into institutions of power…

— Joan Konner

When people in power can operate in the dark, inevitably they abuse that power. So, you need outside forces to bring light and transparency…

— Glenn Greenwald

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

Speaking generally, people who are drawn to journalism are interested in what happens from the ground up less than they are from the top…

— Tom Brokaw

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

I think about the question of perspective in reporting all the time, and since I spent 20 years of my career in Washington as…

— Jill Abramson

Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist.

— Andrew Vachss

Journalism, like democracy, is not something that is achieved. It is a work in progress, and not every day is as good as the…

— John Maxwell Hamilton

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

— Robert Fisk