“Most political journalists come to Washington because they're snappy writers, big thinkers, or news breakers. Me? My ticket to the big leagues had little to do with talent. It was mostly about the governor I was covering, Bill Clinton.” LittlesBigsPoliticalTalentNewsBillsClintonJournalistLeagueThinkerGovernorsTicketsCovering Author:Ron Fournier
“I'm the son of a newsman, I grew up around news, so I can understand the issue, which is that papers are losing subscribers and they're getting less and less outlets... it's a tricky thing. You're going to have to sell papers. The problem is, there's so little reporting anymore.” LittlesI CanProblemIssuesSonGrewPaperGrew UpNewsLosingSellsPapersOutletsTricky Author:George Clooney
“One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history.” PeopleGivingLittlesPersonsPeaceNewsHistoricalMaking PeaceAchieving PeacePray For Peace Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day-23 minutes-and that's supposed to be enough.” LittlesEnoughMinutesMediaNewsTinyJournalismSupposed To BePillsTablets Author:Walter Cronkite
“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
“The relative ease of most driving lures us into thinking we can get away with doing other things. Indeed, those other things, like listening to the radio, can help when driving itself is threatening to cause fatigue. But we buy into the myth of multitasking with little actual knowledge of how much we can really add in or, as with the television news, how much we are missing. As the inner life of the driver begins to come into focus, it is becoming clear not only that distraction is the single biggest problem on the road but that we have little concept of just how distracted we are.” ThinkingLittlesHelpingProblemCausesClearFocusMissingTelevisionListeningBecomingNewsConceptsAddRadioMythDrivingEaseGet AwayDriversDistractionRelativeThreateningFatigueDistractedInner LifeLureMultitaskingMulti TaskingTelevision News Author:Tom Vanderbilt
“The ones [comedies] that I always liked, whether it's Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, or Fast Times of Ridgemont High, they were all about two hours, or a little bit over two hours. With that extra 15 or 20 minutes, you can get to real character and you're not just stuck in plot.” LittlesTwoRealCharacterBitsTermHoursComedyMinutesLittle BitNewsStuckExtrasPlotEndearmentReal CharacterTerms Of EndearmentFast Times Author:Judd Apatow
“In my view, Jan Masaryk was thoroughly corrupt, who bumped himself off because he saw at last where his moral cowardice and ideological 'Playboyery' had led him. I vividly remember visiting him in Washington, fat, slightly tight, coming into the room looking like a broken-down butler with his master, the little Communist, Clementis, - and saying in a loud voice: 'Has anyone seen an Iron Curtain? I haven't.' Well, he has now.” WellsLittlesLastsRememberVoiceRoomsViewsMoralSawsHavensMastersBrokenLateNewsSuicideFatsLoudIronCommunistCowardiceCurtainsIdeologicalVisitingButlersBroken DownLoud VoicesIron Curtain Author:Malcolm Muggeridge