“I was not going to use writing for advertising or journalism. I would tend bar, load trucks, chauffeur - do whatever it took. But from the moment I took my first writing workshop, I was a writer.” WritingFirstsMomentsUseBarsAdvertisingJournalismLoadTruckWorkshopsChauffeursWriting Workshop Author:Dennis Lehane
“My first real writing job was at 'Rolling Stone,' so I wrote about rock-and-roll and politics and the like. At the time, I really didn't know what I wanted to write, and I did a bunch of investigative journalism.” KnowsWritingFirstsRealWantedJobsRocksStonesBunchJournalismRollingRock And RollRolling StonesInvestigative Journalism Author:Tim Cahill
“I cling to the basic set of tenets laid out in Tom Wolfe's 'New Journalism' - to get out there like the great French novelists of the 19th century and study life. I am a Tom Wolfe fan of the first order.” FirstsOrderStudyFansCenturyJournalismNovelistsToms19th CenturyGreat FrenchStudy Life Author:Peter York
“If that is what makes us liberals, so be it, just as long as in reporting the news we adhere to the first ideals of good journalism - that news reports must be fair, accurate and unbiased.” IfsFirstsLongNewsFairsIdealsJournalismReportsAccurateUnbiasedGood Journalism Author:Walter Cronkite