“I didn't know growing up what I wanted to do. I finally settled on broadcast journalism as a way to satisfy the urge to perform and also do something important, which is to give people in a democracy information to make good decisions.” PeopleKnowsWayGivingImportantWantedDecisionGrowing UpDemocracyGrowingInformationJournalismUrgesGood DecisionBroadcast Journalism Author:Mort Crim
“I'm a girl from South Carolina. I was raised in a middle class family and decided to major in broadcast journalism and now I'm at the national level and that doesn't happen to most people and I realize that. I know that I'm very fortunate but this great country allowed that to work in my favor.” PeopleKnowsCountryHappensGirlRealizingLevelsClassMiddleMajorsDecidedSouthRaisedFavorsJournalismFortunateMiddle ClassCarolinaGreat CountrySouth CarolinaMiddle Class FamilyBroadcast Journalism Author:Ainsley Earhardt
“After I left high school and got my GED, I studied broadcast journalism for a year at a community college.” YearsSchoolLeftCommunityCollegeHigh SchoolJournalismCommunity CollegeGedBroadcast Journalism Author:Chris Rock
“The print magazine and print journalism industry is obviously in a great deal of trouble, and one of the things that happened when this business started to give way to the Internet and to broadcast television is that a lot of organizations started cutting specifically investigative journalism and they also started cutting fact-checkers.” WayGivingFactsDealsCuttingHappenedTroubleTelevisionIndustryInternetOrganizationMagazinesJournalismPrintCheckersInvestigative JournalismBroadcast Journalism Author:Matt Taibbi
“David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to hear during times of crisis, tragedy and triumph.” CountryModernNeededTragedyCrisisBrilliantJournalismTriumphIconsFew WordsTimes Of CrisisTragedy And TriumphBroadcast Journalism Author:Tom Brokaw
“It (broadcast journalism) is a brutal arena where the knives are sharp and the toughest Kevlar vest in the world will not protect you forever.” WorldForeverProtectJournalismKnivesBrutalArenaProtect YouVestsBroadcast JournalismKevlar Author:Bill O'Reilly
“... Don [Hewitt, 60 Minutes exec producer] told me, "You have set broadcast journalism back 20 years." Naturally, I was both proud and elated although too modest to say so, but broadcast journalism recovered with alacrity, my contract wasn't renewed, and the incident was forgotten.” YearsMinutesProudForgottenProducersJournalismJournalistContractsModestIncidentsAlacrityBroadcast Journalism Author:Nicholas von Hoffman
“Frightening media messages...pervade the news business, which really ought to be called "the bad news business" for its preoccupation with disaster and destruction. In broadcast journalism, killing is almost always covered, while kindness is almost always ignored. The more alarming a news item is, the more attention it receives.” AttentionKindnessMediaTelevisionOughtMessagesNewsDestructionKillingDisasterJournalismCoveredFrighteningIgnoredItemsBad NewsPreoccupationBroadcast Journalism Author:Michael Medved
“I went into broadcast journalism. I loved every class I took, I just got anxious because I came to the realization that you're groomed in high school to get good SAT scores to get into a good college or else you're done for.” DoneSchoolClassCollegeHigh SchoolJournalismRealizationSatScoreAnxiousGood CollegeSat ScoresBroadcast Journalism Author:Chace Crawford
“Any good broadcast, not just an Olympic broadcast, should have texture to it. It should have information, should have some history, should have something that's offbeat, quirky, humorous, and where called for it, should have journalism, and judiciously it should also have commentary. That's my ideal.” ShouldInformationHumorousIdealsShould HaveJournalismTextureCommentaryQuirkyOffbeatBroadcast Journalism Author:Bob Costas