“As a novelist, you deepen your characters as you go, adding layers. As a reporter, you try to peel layers away: observing subjects enough to get beneath the surface, re-questioning a source to find the facts. But these processes aren't so different.” TryingDifferentEnoughCharacterFactsProcessSubjectsSourceSurfaceNovelistsLayersQuestioningReportersObservingBeneath The Surface Author:Amy Waldman
“There are three estates in Parliament but in the Reporters' Gallery yonder there sits a Fourth Estate more important far than they all. It is not a figure of speech or witty saying, it is a literal fact, very momentous to us in these times.” ImportantFactsThreeKnowledgeFiguresSpeechWittyFourthReportersEstatesParliamentGalleryLiteralFigures Of SpeechWitty Sayings Author:Edmund Burke
“It is not the reporter's job to be a patriot or to presume to determine where patriotism lies. His job is to relate the facts.” FactsJobsLyingDetermineRelatePatriotismReportersPatriot Author:Walter Cronkite
“It was long ago in my life as a simple reporter that I decided that facts must never get in the way of truth.” WayLongFactsSimpleDecidedLong AgoReporters Book:An Indian Summer Source: An Indian Summer
“I make big shots everywhere. I get accustomed to it. I'm not afraid to be the goat. I don't worry about what you (reporters) say about me in the papers. In fact, I like it. It tickles me.” FactsBigsWorryPaperShotsNot AfraidReportersPapersAccustomedGoatsBig Shots Author:Sam Cassell