“I was a news reporter for 16 years, seven of them a foreign correspondent in the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. Perhaps the most useful equipment I acquired in that time is a lack of preciousness about the act of writing. A reporter must write. There must be a story. The 'mot juste' unarriving? Tell that to your desk.” WritingYearsStoriesMiddleNewsSevenEastMiddle EastDesksReportersEquipmentBalkansEast Africa Author:Geraldine Brooks
“Personally, I don't even read bummer news stories about the environment because it makes me feel helpless to fix anything and reminds me that the general population doesn't treat these issues as an important part of our political life.” FeelsImportantStoriesPoliticalIssuesEnvironmentNewsTreatsPopulationHelplessPolitical LifeNews StoriesBummer Author:Rachel Dratch
“The war is definitely in the background, only referred to in radio news blips and conversation. I think, ultimately, this film is about the choices these guys are faced with. In that way, I think this is a more personal story about their friendship, about the reaction that they have when they're essentially faced with death, to a certain degree.” ThinkingWayWarStoriesFilmGuyCertainChoicesConversationDegreesNewsRadioBackgroundsReactionsPersonal StoriesRadio News Author:Elijah Wood
“I always try to describe the situation just as it is. I try to find sentences that I believe tell the story best. Even my articles are more literary than ordinary news stories.” TryingBelieveStoriesI BelieveSituationNewsOrdinarySentencesArticlesNews Stories Author:Asne Seierstad
“Americans are wonderfully courteous to strangers, yet indiscriminately shoot kids in schools. They believe they are masters of the world, yet know nothing about what goes on outside their shores. They are people who believe the world stretches from California to Boston and everything outside is the bit they have to bomb to keep the price of oil down. Only one in five Americans hold a passport and the only foreign stories that make their news are floods, famine, and wars, because it makes them feel good to be an American. Feeling good to be American is what they live for.” PeopleKnowsWorldFeelsBelieveWarStoriesFeelingsKidsSchoolBitsFiveMastersGoes OnNewsStrangerOilFeel GoodCaliforniaBombsShoreFloodBostonFaminePassportsCourteous Author:Brian Reade
“The Chicago City News Bureau was a tripwire for all the newspapers in town when I was there, and there were five papers, I think. We were out all the time around the clock and every time we came across a really juicy murder or scandal or whatever, they'd send the big time reporters and photographers, otherwise they'd run our stories. So that's what I was doing, and I was going to university at the same time.” ThinkingStoriesBigsRunningCitiesFivePaperNewsMurderTownsPhotographerUniversityNewspapersClockChicagoReportersPapersScandalJuicy Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“I don't watch myself on TV, I don't read the news clippings about me, so when people come up and say, 'What about that story last week?' I go, 'I didn't even know there was.'” PeopleKnowsStoriesLastsWatchesWeekTvsNewsCome Up Author:Jay Kay
“News is like the tilefish which appears in great schools off the Atlantic Coast some years and then vanishes, no one knows whither or for how long. Newspapers might employ these periods searching for the breeding grounds of news, but they prefer to fill up with stories about Kurdled Kurds or Calvin Coolidge, until the banks close or a Hitler marches, when they are as surprised as their readers.” KnowsYearsLongStoriesMightSchoolReaderPeriodsNewsNewspapersMarchCoastBreedingKurdsGreat Schools Author:A. J. Liebling
“We've had a series of major news stories that have brought in viewers who either were sampling to see what else was available or were normal news watchers. The Florida recount and the end of the election was a huge development. And then 9/11 came along.” EndsStoriesLiteratureHugeDevelopmentNormalMajorsNewsElectionSeriesAvailableFloridaViewersWatchersSamplingNews Stories Author:Brit Hume
“I've got a variety of different sources of news that I follow and every day there's going to be different headlines, different stories spun different ways and different sources that they're going to cite as their facts.” WayDifferentFactsStoriesSourceNewsVarietyDifferent WaysHeadlinesSpunCiting Author:Jon Foreman
“In a fashion similar to the leftist occupiers on Wall Street, their antics would be the target of rabid moral indignation on the front pages of the New York times and Washington Post and on the lead stories of every cable news show.” StoriesShowsWould BeMoralStreetsFashionFrontsNew YorkWallNewsPagesPostsTargetCablesNew York TimesIndignationLeftistsAnticsCable NewsMoral Indignation Author:Jamie Glazov
“We just keep making the shows that we love, and the good news is that we can never rest on our laurels, knowing that we're going to be on forever. We're constantly challenged to write the very best story that we can, week in and week out, hoping that that will allow us to keep telling more of them.” WritingStoriesShowsForeverKnowingWeekNewsGood NewsLaurels Author:Jeff Pinkner
“How about a positive LSD story? Wouldn't that be news-worthy, just the once? To base your decision on information rather than scare tactics and superstition and lies? I think it would be news-worthy.” ThinkingStoriesWould BeLyingDecisionInformationNewsWorthyScareSuperstitionsTacticsPsychedelicLsdScare Tactics Author:Bill Hicks
“Fox News covers stories that some other news outlets won't cover. We ask some questions that other news outlets wouldn't ask. And sometimes that's perceived as bias by people who've grown up in a world where there are only liberal outlets.” PeopleWorldSometimesStoriesAsksNewsBiasFoxesOutletsFox News Author:Megyn Kelly
“Let's use our stories to encourage listening to one another and to hear not just the good news, but also the pain that lies at the back of a lot of people's stories and histories.” PeopleStoriesUsePainLyingListeningNewsGood News Author:Karen Armstrong
“The Republicans finally got some good news over the weekend. The North Koreans set off a nuclear bomb. Thank God. It was so powerful it knocked the Mark Foley story right off the front page. And knocked him off the page he was on, too.” StoriesPowerfulFrontsRepublicanNewsPagesMarkNuclearBombsThank GodWeekendGood NewsNorth KoreaKoreanNuclear BombNorth Korean Author:Jay Leno
“There was all this enthusiasm about amateurism and the idea that people could now just make videos in their bedroom, or blog news stories and share it online, and isn't this great? Now we can do it just for the love of it and not try to be professionals, corrupted by careerism.” PeopleTryingIdeasStoriesCan DoShareNewsVideoEnthusiasmOnlineBedroomBlogsNews Stories Author:Astra Taylor
“Sometimes, I'll read a news story and there will be one line about something else, and I'll find it interesting and look into it. That can often turn into an entire story on its own.” LooksSometimesStoriesTurnsLinesInterestingNewsOne LineNews Stories Author:Joshuah Bearman
“I want people to talk more. I mean, I watch Game of Thrones and there's all sorts of crazy nudity in it...and very little of which I can justify, except that it's in a titillating and somewhat exploitational manner, but I don't really feel like that's a subject that people are interested in because it's the same news story.” PeopleWantFeelsMeanLittlesI CanStoriesGamesWatchesCrazySubjectsNewsJustifyThronesNudityNews Stories Author:Craig Zobel
“I'm interested in pitches that have compelling people and ideas at the core - and a good news peg certainly doesn't hurt. We look for stories that are solutions-oriented, but not irrationally upbeat, from writers with a strong voice. For LadyJournos, where I'm curating not editing.” PeopleLooksIdeasStoriesStrongVoiceHurtNewsSolutionsCoreCompellingEditingGood NewsUpbeatPeg Author:Ann Friedman
“There are highly innovative companies in the U.S., Germany, and India. And there are many stories of companies that failed to innovate in all those countries. This is good news because it means, regardless of your cultural background or where your company is based, it can become innovative.” MeanCountryStoriesCompanyNewsIndiaBackgroundsGermanyGood NewsInnovative Author:David Livermore
“You have to be a really talented writer if you're trying to encapsulate a news story with a song and have it live after the event. I don't have the focus to do that, really.” IfsTryingStoriesSongFocusEventsNewsNews Stories Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“Let's face it, we're all clones nowadays. We've all got the same archives, we've all got the same Hyundai, we've all got the same Mac or PC components, and we're all being told the same news stories globally.” StoriesFacesNewsComponentsMacsArchivesNews Stories Author:Rob Brown
“Consumer habits have changed dramatically. People have gotten used to getting the news they want, when they want it, how they want it, and where they want it. And this change is here to stay. Despite all the dire reports about the state of the newspaper industry, we are actually in the middle of a golden age for news consumers who can surf the Net, use search engines, access the best stories from around the world, and be able to comment, interact, and form communities.” PeopleWorldWantStatesStoriesUseAgeAbleFormUsedCommunityMiddleChangedIndustryHabitNewsAccessNewspapersGoldenDespiteAround The WorldConsumersReportsCommentEnginesSurfGolden AgeSearch Engine Author:Arianna Huffington
“The Huffington Post Investigative Fund's goal is to produce a broad range of investigative journalism created by both staff reporters and freelance writers, with a focus on working with the many experienced reporters and writers impacted by the economic contraction. The pieces will range from long-form investigations to short breaking news stories and will be presented in a variety of media - including text, audio, and video.” LongStoriesFormGoalFocusPiecesEconomicMediaProduceNewsIncludingVideoJournalismVarietyPostsRangeFundBroadsInvestigationStaffReportersAudioContractionsNews StoriesBreaking NewsInvestigative Journalism Author:Arianna Huffington
“Citizen journalists can attend events traditional journalists are kept from - or have overlooked - or find and highlight the small but evocative story happening right next door. By tapping this resource, news sites can extend their reach and help redefine news gathering in the digital age.” HelpingStoriesAgeNextDoorsEventsCitizensNewsHappeningsResourcesTraditionalJournalistDigitalSiteGatheringHighlightsOverlookedDigital AgeTapping Author:Arianna Huffington
“For too long, reporters for the big media outlets have been fixated on novelty, always moving too quickly onto the next big score or the next hot get. Paradoxically, in these days of instant communication and sixty-minute news cycles, it's actually easier to miss information we might otherwise pay attention to. That's why we need stories to be covered and re-covered until they filter up enough to become part of the cultural bloodstream.” NeedsLongHas BeensEnoughStoriesBigsMightMovingNextPayAttentionMinutesMediaMissingInformationCommunicationEasierNewsHotPay AttentionThese DaysInstantScoreCyclesCoveredSixtyReportersOutletsNoveltyFiltersAlways MovingInstant CommunicationSixty Minutes Author:Arianna Huffington
“It's probably no coincidence with the internet and social media and the word being able to spread beyond the radio, where fans can go and talk and congregate and trade stories and a band could communicate news very quickly and in a worldwide basis. I'm sure that's helped in bringing in this case us to more of the forefront of peoples attention.” StoriesAbleSocialAttentionCasesFansMediaInternetBandNewsBasesTradeRadioCommunicateSocial MediaSpreadCoincidence Author:John Petrucci
“Americans are in need of very objective information, and sometimes it's easier to absorb the message through entertainment and through a great story than through the news outlets [where] everything is sensationalized. Not only are you getting information that sort of defies stereotypes, but you're also getting a wonderful story with hopefully good performances.” NeedsSometimesStoriesWonderfulInformationEasierMessagesNewsPerformancesEntertainmentObjectivesHopefullyStereotypeOutlets Author:Nia Long
“News media stimulate bubbles, since stories about them boost their audience.” StoriesAudienceMediaNewsBubblesBoostNews Media Author:Robert J. Shiller
“Somebody realized, hey, students are printing dummy ads and dummy news stories, why don't they really print something. So there was the Shortridge Daily Echo, and a hell of a lot of writers have come out of Shortridge on that account. The head writer of the I Love Lucy show, Madelyn Pugh, was a schoolmate of mine. Dan Wakefield. Writing was a perfectly reasonable thing to do.” WritingStoriesShowsHellStudentsMinesNewsAccountsHeyThings To DoReasonablePrintAdsEchoesPrintingLucyDummyNews StoriesSchoolmates Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“My wife made me watch this documentary about the Iraq War, and there was a really powerful moment where they followed some civilian whose family had been killed. This was 5 or 10 minutes of this woman talking, and it was extremely arresting. You realize how you never hear from the person on the receiving end of a war without a reporter stepping in to compartmentalize the story. Usually they're just a few shots at the end of a news report, wailing and screaming at a funeral.” PersonsMadeWarEndsMomentsStoriesRealizingPowerfulTalkingWatchesWifeMinutesNewsShotsIraqMy WifeReportsFuneralReceivingReportersDocumentariesCiviliansIraq WarWailingReally PowerfulArresting Author:Charlie Brooker
“The issues for journalism and journalists, we see obvious places where presentation is very different in a digital space from traditional print. If you go to a New York Times homepage, you cannot get to a story about the Ukraine without a click-off on a banner ad or a slide show. They're not alone in that - you think you're clicking on a video about a news event and you have a 30-second ad that you have to watch before you can get to it.” IfsThinkingDifferentStoriesShowsSpaceWatchesIssuesEventsNew YorkNewsObviousVideoTraditionalJournalismJournalistDigitalPrintAdsNot AloneSlidesPresentationUkraineNew York TimesClicksBanner Author:Norman Pearlstine
“[ James Comey] was acting in concert and coordination with the House Republicans. End of story. He gave a letter to them. They gave it to FOX News. Also, we have this extraordinary case of the KGB being involved in this race and selectively leaking things from the [Hillary] Clinton campaign that they hacked.” EndsStoriesHouseActingRaceCasesInvolvedRepublicanNewsLettersClintonExtraordinaryCampaignsConcertsFoxesFox NewsCoordinationHackedKgb Author:James Carville
“The fact that a TV star can become president should be old news since [Ronald] Reagan, and old news since the Nixon-Kennedy debates - which the famous story, whether or not you agree, is that if you listened on the radio, Nixon won; if you listened on TV, Kennedy won.” IfsShouldFactsStoriesStarsPresidentTvsNewsAgreeRadioDebateOld News Author:Joss Whedon
“When you go out for drinks, tell people to bring in a news story that made them say "Oh my god." Talk about it.” PeopleMadeStoriesDrinkNewsNews Stories Author:Lizz Winstead
“I met journalists that were on both sides of things. People who are young, enthusiastic and hard working journalists working on the online side and people who had been there forever. There was one journalist who had running shoes under her desk in case she had to kick of her heels and go out and cover a breaking news story.” PeopleHardStoriesRunningYoungSidesCasesForeverHard WorkMetsNewsShoesJournalistKicksOnlineHeelsDesksBoth SidesEnthusiasticNews StoriesBreaking NewsRunning Shoes Author:Rachel McAdams
“My definition of fake news is a content-like object that is a story, an article, a video, a tweet that has been fabricated, completely invented out of thin air, intentionally for the purpose of misleading.” Has BeensStoriesPurposeAirObjectsNewsDefinitionsVideoFakeArticlesMisleadTweetThin Air Author:Vivian Schiller
“I think it would be a mistake for social media companies to try to, on their own, determine or deign what is a fake news story and what isn't and shut it off, or what's a good news organization or a bad news organization. That's a very, very slippery slope.” ThinkingTryingStoriesWould BeSocialMistakeCompanyMediaNewsOrganizationDetermineSocial MediaFakeGood NewsBad NewsSlipperySlopesSlippery SlopeNews Stories Author:Vivian Schiller
“[ Donald Trump is] candidate who said he has more confidence in Vladimir Putin's strength than in Barack Obama's strength. His closeness to Putin is a very scary thing for the country and the fact that the news was dominated for 33 days I think it was by WikiLeaks stories, that had an impact on states that were decided by a knife-edge.” ThinkingSaidCountryStatesFactsStoriesTrumpNewsDecidedImpactEdgesScaryBarackCandidatesKnivesPutinClosenessWikileaksScary Things Author:E. J. Dionne
“My big "double-aha" moment came while anchoring the national news at CBS News. It was at the height of the recession, and on top of the usual negative stories, my newscasts became full of especially heart wrenching stories of people losing their homes, jobs, and retirement savings. Starting the morning off like that could leave even the most optimistic person feeling helpless and hopeless. The lightning bolt came when we changed how we talked about the negative.” PeopleHeartPersonsMomentsStoriesFeelingsHomeBigsJobsMorningChangedNewsLosingNegativeStartingOptimisticSavingHeightHopelessRetirementUsualLightningHelplessSavingsRecessionsBoltsHeart WrenchingLightning BoltsOptimistic PersonAha Moment Author:Michelle Gielan
“What's so ironic is that CNN's doing reports on fake news, and they have someone who writes one false news story after the next.” WritingStoriesNextNewsFakeReportsIronicCnnNews Stories Author:Joe Scarborough
“You have all these people in the press who are ringing their hands over fake news stories. That actually became the narratives for critics.” PeopleStoriesHandsNewsPressesCriticsNarrativeFakeNews Stories Author:Joe Scarborough
“Reports by Politico, Bloomberg and other news outlets have raised inconsistencies in Melania Trump's immigration story.” StoriesTrumpNewsRaisedImmigrationReportsOutletsInconsistency Author:Audie Cornish
“Every news agency basically is identical. Now, they may not report stories in the same order, and they may not report stories in the same day, but they all report the same thing about every story.” MayStoriesOrderNewsAgencyReportsIdentical Author:Rush Limbaugh
“You can be guaranteed a story on the presidential campaign is gonna lampoon the Republican candidate in every one of those news agencies.” StoriesRepublicanNewsCampaignsPresidentialAgencyCandidatesPresidential Campaign Author:Rush Limbaugh
“[Donald Trump] puts a miner's hat on.The media, some in it, were concerned - or hoping - that Trump would have helmet hair when he took the helmet off. They were hoping that he had so much hair spray on, that the miner's helmet he was wearing would leave an indentation in his hair. That was actually a subject in some of the stories I read. So the MacGuffin... There's no media. There isn't any news.” StoriesSubjectsMediaHairTrumpNewsConcernedHatsSprayHelmetMiners Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We are all impacted by the failings of a news media that almost always chooses which stories to cover according to the priorities and perspectives of white men with private educations.” MenStoriesWhiteFailingMediaPerspectiveNewsPrioritiesWhite ManNews Media Author:Catherine Mayer
“I fell into TV quite by accident but once I was in a newsroom for the very first time, I was hooked because I loved the adrenaline. There was a breaking story that day and people were running around to get the news on the air. I thought, Jesus, how do you get to do this? So, that's how it started. The bulk of my career was in TV.” PeopleFirstsStoriesRunningJesusCareersAirTvsNewsFirst TimeAccidentsAdrenalineHooked Author:Gayle King
“We feel no obligation to follow the news cycle. In other words, I felt no obligation to cover story in anyway, because we're not like I said, we're not journalists. And at that point, there's nothing sort of funny or absurd or to say about it.” FeelsSaidStoriesFeltNewsObligationAbsurdJournalistCycles Author:Jon Stewart