“If the breaking news event has something to do with young people, specifically with MTV's audience, there was a higher chance that I would actually go cover it with a television camera instead of just write the story myself and read it on the air.” PeopleIfsWritingStoriesYoungChanceAudienceAirEventsTelevisionHigherNewsCamerasMtvBreaking News Author:Tabitha Soren
“I always knew I wanted to be in front of the camera. But even after 10 years behind the scenes at CBS News producing live segments, celebrity profiles, and breaking news, I still hadn't been given the chance to be on TV.” YearsStillsWantedGivenChanceBehindsFrontsTvsSceneNewsCamerasProfileBehind The ScenesBreaking News Author:Andy Cohen
“Luck is always waiting for something to turn up. Labor, with keen eyes and strong will, always turns up something. Luck lies in bed and wishes the postman will bring news of a legacy. Labor turns out at six o'clock and with busy pen or ringing hammer, lays the foundation of a competence. Luck whines. Labor whistles. Luck relies on chance, labor on character.” CharacterEyeLyingTurnsStrongWishWaitingWorkChanceBedSixNewsLaborLuckFoundationLaysBusyLegacyClockRelyPensHammersCompetenceStrong WillPostmanWaiting For SomethingAlways Waiting Author:Richard Cobden
“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
“If you honestly know how you help people, then you should become passionate about sharing it, spread the good news, give everyone a chance to share in the solutions that you can provide.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingShouldHelpingChanceKnow HowShareNewsSolutionsPassionateSpreadHonestlyGood News Author:Chris Murray
“According to The New York Times, the mob has now gotten into Medicare fraud. But the good news is, when they do break your legs there's a good chance you're covered.” ChanceBreakNew YorkNewsLegsCoveredFraudGood NewsNew York TimesMedicareGood Chance Author:Jay Leno
“Everything in my life is in perspective. OK, perspective ebbs and flows. I've had bad days, but they weren't in the last years. A bad day is 2 October 1996: 'We've got bad news for you, you've got advanced testicular cancer and you've got a coin's toss chance of survival.' That's a bad day.” YearsLastsLife IsChancePerspectiveNewsSurvivalFlowCancerLast YearCoinsBad DayOctoberBad NewsTossEbb And FlowTesticular Cancer Author:Lance Armstrong
“The good news is that the president gets another chance. The bad news is that he'll be two weeks older.” TwoPresidentChanceWeekNewsGood NewsAmerican PoliticsTwo WeeksBad NewsAnother Chance Author:Johnny Carson
“The news of my pregnancy got out when I was in the middle of my first trimester. I hadn't even had a chance to tell my friends. That alone was so ugly. It made me hyper-protective ... I feel uncomfortable with people reading too much about my pregnancy or my relationship. It grosses me out. It's too sweet to read about or dissect.” PeopleFeelsFirstsMadeReadingChanceToo MuchMiddleSweetNewsMy FriendsUglyUncomfortablePregnancyProtectiveHyper Author:Jennifer Garner
“How can one explain all the time and thought that goes into raising a child, all the opportunities for mistakes, all the chances to recover and try again? How does one break the news that nothing permanent can be formed in an instant--children are not weaned, potty trained, taught manners, introduced to civilization in one or two tries--as everyone imagined.” TryingChildrenDoeTwoOpportunityChanceMistakeBreakTaughtCivilizationNewsMannersPermanentInstantRaising ChildrenTry AgainPotty Author:Mary Blakely
“People may like what third-party candidates say, because often they are the only ones saying anything, but they usually won't vote for someone who doesn't have a chance. Since third-party candidates are not in the news, they are considered to be not really in the race; and since they are not in the race, this justifies treating them as if they are not news.” PeopleIfsMayChancePartyRaceNewsVoteThirdsCandidatesJustifyThird Parties Author:Michael Parenti
“At first the difference will be in whatever atmosphere I bring into it. It's not going to be like, 'I really want to do The Daily Show and I'd love to turn it into an abstract musical.' I like the format and the chance to satirize the news.” WantFirstsShowsTurnsDifferencesChanceNewsMusicalAtmosphereAbstractFormatDaily Show Author:Jon Stewart
“The debate was a chance for senator [Bernie] Sanders to have a game-changing moment to recapture the news cycle and build momentum going into 2016 and he took his best shot at having a moment.” MomentsGamesChanceNewsShotsDebateCyclesSenatorsMomentumBest Shot Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“I am delighted to be joining 'Guardian U.S.''s team as a weekly columnist, and to have the chance to address American and global current events on its distinguished platform. 'Guardian U.S.' brings the 'Guardian''s hard-hitting investigative brand to a new focus on American news and opinion.” HardChanceOpinionFocusTeamEventsNewsCurrentsBrandsAddressesPlatformsHittingGuardianDistinguishedDelightedJoiningColumnistsCurrent Events Author:Naomi Wolf
“It is a curve each of them feels, unmistakably. It is the parabola. They must have guessed, once or twice - guessed and refused to believe - that everything, always, collectively, had been moving toward that purified shape latent in the sky, that shape of no surprise, no second chance, no return. Yet they do move forever under it, reserved for its own black-and-white bad news certainly as if it were the rainbow, and they its children...” IfsFeelsBelieveChildrenMovingBlackChanceWhiteForeverSkyReturnShapesNewsSurpriseBlack And WhiteRainbowCurvesSecond ChanceReservedBad NewsLatentNo Second ChancesParabola Book:Gravity's Rainbow Source: Gravity's Rainbow
“We're all watching each other, so there's no chance for censorship. The main problem is the idiot TV. If you watch local news, your head will turn to mush.” IfsProblemTurnsChanceWatchesTvsNewsLocalsIdiotCensorshipLocal News Author:Ray Bradbury