Behind Quote by Nancy Gibbs

News reports stand up as people, and people wither into editorials. Clichés walk around on two legs while men are having theirs shot off.

— Karl Kraus

“As an editor, you develop a B.S. meter—an internal warning system that signals caution about journalism that doesn't feel trustworthy. Sometimes it's a quote…

— Jacob Weisberg

The hell with the newspapers. Nobody reads the letters to the editor column except the nuts. It's enough to get you down.

— Philip K. Dick

The tragedy of journalism lies in its impermanence; the very topicality which gives it brilliance condemns it to an early death. Too often it…

— Vera Brittain

“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

So often, as a reporter, we have to parachute into places. We don't have much time. We have to make sense of the story…

— Elizabeth Flock

“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

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

The news is challenging right now. One hard thing about it is that often things don't lend themselves to good explanations or we don't…

— Ezra Klein

Newsmen winding up the nation, a little bad news helps circulation, pass on the panic to the population.

— Ray Davies

“Television news programs survive on scares. On local newscasts, where producers live by the dictum “if it bleeds, it leads,” drug, crime, and disaster…

— Barry Glassner

“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