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“I earned a mater's degree in journalism and took the first job offered, as a sports writer. Instead of chasing my own fame, I…

— Mitch Albom

“Soon after, I was emotionally checked out of journalism; the course of study I had put years of my life into was no longer…

— Bryan Bishop

I was sports editor for my high school newspaper, but I think I shied away from journalism.

— Jenna Bush

“At the back of my mind I wanted to be a journalist when I grew up since I didn’t seem to be getting any…

— Ian Colquhoun

I studied journalism at Binghamton University, even interning for NBC's longtime anchor Carol Jenkins. Before graduation, I told my parents I wanted to pursue…

— Sunny Hostin

“Journalism gave me another tool of exploration, another way of unveiling the laws that bound my body... And with journalism, I could directly ask…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“Everyone goes into journalism for different reasons—and they’re often idealistic ones.”

— Thomas L. Friedman

And my father didn't have money for me to go to college. And at that particular time they didn't have black quarterbacks, and I…

— Willie Mays

“An important aspect of Kaplan’s New York Observer and its self-conscious inside media baseball was that the paper became the prime school for a…

— Michael Wolff

“I became a journalist because I did not want to rely on newspapers for information.”

— Christopher Hitchens

I loved journalism until the day my journalism teacher, a man I revered, came by my desk and said, 'Are you planning on going…

— Ed Asner

My dad was very successful as a journalist, so I didn't want to be one. I wanted to be a novelist.

— Giles Coren