“As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our own company, a quality that extroverts often envy. We find comfort in solitude and know how to soothe ourselves. Even our willingness to look at ourselves critically is often helpful.But, we can go too far. We can hoard responsibility and overlook the role others play. We can kick ourselves when we're down. How many times have you felt lousy about something, only to get mad at yourself for feeling lousy?” KnowsLooksPlayFeelingsFeltQualityResponsibilityCompanyEnemyRolesKnow HowWorstComfortSolitudeNewsMadEnvyKicksHelpfulWillingnessIntrovertGood NewsWorst EnemyExtroverts Author:Laurie Helgoe
“We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure the material is not likely to harm anyone, that it is properly investigated by quality news organizations, and by lawyers and human rights groups and so on.” HumansEffortQualityRightsGroupsMaterialsNormalNewsOrganizationResponsibleHuman RightsHarmLawyerEngagementPublishing Author:Julian Assange
“Magazines that depend on photography, and design, and long reads, and quality stuff, are going to do just fine despite the Internet and cable news.” LongStuffQualityDesignFineDependsInternetPhotographyNewsDespiteMagazinesCablesCable News Author:Jann Wenner
“A profound transformation is happening here. The framers of our nation never envisioned these huge media giants; never imagined what could happen if big government, big publishing and big broadcasters ever saw eye-to-eye in putting the public's need for news second to their own interests. I approach the end of my own long run believing more strongly than ever that the quality of journalism and the quality of democracy are inextricably joined ... .” IfsNeedsBelieveLongEndsBigsGovernmentHappensEyeRunningNationsInterestMy OwnQualityDemocracySawsMediaHugeApproachNewsHappeningsTransformationProfoundJournalismGiantsPublishingLong RunsBig GovernmentBroadcastersFramers Author:Bill Moyers
“The first quality of the commander-in-chief is a cool head to receive a correct impression of things. He should not allow himself to be confused by either good or bad news.” ShouldFirstsQualityNewsImpressionChiefsConfusedCommandersBad NewsCommander In Chief Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Even today you can look through almost any consumer or professional publication and find headlines that possess not a single one of the necessary qualities, such as self-interest, news, or curiosity.” LooksSelfTodayInterestQualityNewsCuriosityConsumersSelf InterestPublicationHeadlines Author:John Caples
“The quality of news coverage has diminished, because giants of the print media are no longer being nurtured properly.” QualityMediaNewsGiantsPrintCoverageNews CoveragePrint Media Author:F. Lee Bailey
“We've seen the bankruptcy of many newspapers. We've seen a further erosion of the line between news and entertainment. But I do believe that there is reason to hope that over time we will see the higher-quality journalism rise to the surface.” BelieveReasonLinesQualityHigherNewsEntertainmentSurfaceNewspapersJournalismBankruptcyErosion Author:Al Gore
“What has happened to Africa is very severe. We are talking about the collapse of this and the collapse of that, of good government, of the economy particularly. And this has hit education badly. The news you get from the universities in Nigeria is often appalling. I don't think a lot of it gets out. There is the obsession with cults and all kinds of dreadful things going on and all this is taking its toll and it is not surprising that quality of students and graduates who come out is not good. It will not be surprising if this shows in the quality of work they do.” IfsThinkingKindShowsGovernmentQualityTalkingEconomyHappenedStudentsNewsUniversityObsessionAll KindsGraduatesSurprisingCollapseSevereCultNigeriaTollsQuality Work Author:Chinua Achebe
“We know that Google Earth and Google Maps have had a tremendous impact on Google traffic, users, brand, adoption, and advertisers. We also know Google News, for example, which we don't monetize, has had a tremendous impact on searches and on query quality. We know those people search more. Because we've measured it.” PeopleKnowsEarthQualityExampleNewsImpactBrandsMapsUsersAdoptionGoogleTrafficAdvertisersQueriesGoogle MapsGoogle Earth Author:Eric Schmidt