Digital Quote by Michael Eric Dyson

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 the Internet simply has provided a new means for delivering that draft far and wide…

— Tom Daschle

[On newspapers:] A first draft of history.

— Elizabeth Drew

[On journalists:] We are a noisy, imperfect lot, struggling to scribble what has been called the first draft of history.

— Maureen Dowd

Unfortunately, most news writing is the product of a first draft culture.

— Michael Gartner

Journalism is not easy. It's the first rough draft. I don't think you need to wait around until you have the definitive thing. You…

— Harold Evans

While the web is very much the first draft of history, a rough-cut, it still has to be good journalism, well-sourced, reliable. Clearly, the…

— Lionel Barber

Like other Americans, U.S. journalists have often neglected the study of history; they have much remedial work to do in trying to understand who…

— Henry Grunwald

Newspapers are the second hand of history.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Journalism is in fact history on the run.

— Anonymous

Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.

— John Hersey