“My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home. We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we'd discuss it with our parents.” ImportantHomePoliticalNightParentNewsDinnerEvery Night Author:Al Franken
“When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.” WantImportantStoriesBehindsNewsMusic IsDramaticThemeScare Author:Aaron McGruder
“So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. There's just more going on. It's an adjunct to the written word, which I think is still the most important thing.” ThinkingShouldStillsImportantLiteratureWrittenTelevisionNewsImportant ThingsRelyWritten Word Author:Kurt Loder
“As an emerging photojournalist in the early 70s, my focus was on trying to create stories for magazines to the exclusion of almost everything else. I wish someone had told me then that the most personally important pictures you’ll ever make are those about you and your life. I’m glad I had the chance to work for some great magazines, but I really miss those little everyday images, the ones that take place in and around your own life, which will never make the news. Don’t sell yourself short: photograph your own life, not just everyone else’s.” TryingLittlesImportantStoriesWishChanceFocusMissingNewsSellsEverydayPhotographGladMagazinesEmergingExclusionPhotojournalistsYourself Short Author:David Burnett
“I think the most important thing is to take the long view on things. We live in such a 24/7, Twitter-fed, constant news cycle, and everything's a crisis, everything is terrible, everything is doomsday, everything is - if it doesn't get solved tomorrow, your presidency is going off the rails.” IfsThinkingLongImportantViewsTomorrowTerribleNewsCrisisImportant ThingsConstantCyclesFedsPresidencyRailDoomsday Author:Barack Obama