“War affected my family a lot, and I was quite curious about it. I first went off to war in the early 90's as a journalist, partly out of curiosity and partly because I needed a career. War reporting has been very glamorous and exciting, and everything else that young men like.” MenFirstsHas BeensWarYoungCareersNeededMy FamilyExcitingCuriosityCuriousJournalistYoung ManAffectedGlamorous Author:Sebastian Junger
“In my career, I have played a gangster, an ex cop, a journalist and a film director. Yet, the label of a serial kisser refuses to leave me.” FilmCareersDirectorsRefuseLabelsJournalistCopExesLeaving MeGangstersSerialsFilm Directors Author:Emraan Hashmi
“Were all bloggers and punks and rebels with cameras. There is absolutely no respect for career journalists anymore.” CareersCamerasJournalistRebelPunkNo RespectBloggers Author:Richard Engel
“I am incredibly proud of the many journalists I have worked with throughout my career and the great campaigns that we have fought and won.” CareersProudCampaignsJournalist Author:Rebecca
“During my past career as a journalist, I relished writing obits and equally dreaded phoning relatives for the necessary facts. But to my surprise and great relief, they often wanted to talk - they wanted their recently deceased loved ones recorded in print.” WritingFactsWantedPastCareersSurpriseJournalistReliefPrintLoved OnesMy PastDeceasedRecently Deceased Author:Tom Rachman
“My father was a journalist for 50 years in Leeds and Fleet Street. I thought about a career in business to show I could do something different, but the reaction among prospective employers was, shall we say, underwhelming.” YearsDifferentShowsFatherCareersStreetsReactionsJournalistEmployersLeedsFleet Street Author:Lionel Barber
“With two children of my own, I know what it means to balance the demands of family and career - and let's not even talk about finding a date for myself. Rabbi Shmuley keeps telling me he'll find me the perfect woman. My response is, 'As long as she's not a journalist'.” KnowsMeanChildrenLongTwoMy OwnPerfectCareersBalanceDemandFindingsResponseJournalistFind MeRabbiPerfect Woman Author:Michael Jackson
“As a journalist, I never critiqued anyone. I never review books. I've never felt qualified as a musician to say whether someone is a good musician or a bad musician. What happens with Black writers and Black artists is that if you're critiqued, for example, by a Black historian who wants to get his name on the cover of "The New York Times," and he says something, like, wacky, well, he'll get his name on the cover of "The New York Times" and he might get tenure, and your career suffers.” IfsWantWellsBookMightHappensArtistSufferingNamesFeltBlackCareersNew YorkExampleMusicianJournalistReviewsHistorianQualifiedNew York TimesTenureWacky Author:James McBride