Firsts Quote by Maureen Dowd

[On newspapers:] A first draft of history.

— Elizabeth Drew

Journalism is the first draft of history

— Phil Graham

Journalism is merely history's first draft.

— Geoffrey Ward

If journalism is the first draft of history, then digital literacy is the first blush of the first page of history.

— Michael Eric Dyson

If journalism is the first draft of history, then the Internet simply has provided a new means for delivering that draft far and wide…

— Tom Daschle

The first rough draft of history.

— Ben Bradlee

“Whenever I write first drafts, I like to maximize the possibility of f-ups, mistakes, mis-written words, digressions, crazy changes in tone, etc. This is…

— Jeff VanderMeer

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

“Journalists of late seem too eager to change the world in various ways; the point is to describe it, accurately and carefully.”

— David Burr Gerrard

“Most journalists are impatient to get their legwork done and to start the actual writing”

— David Halberstam

We are all continually embarking on first drafts, in every aspect of our lives.

— Jules Feiffer

“[...]all men are writers, journalists scribbling within their skulls the narrative of what they see and hear[...]”

— Terry Pratchett