“Relationships matter above all, and that you build relationships by making yourself useful, not annoying. The PR practitioner should focus on providing helpful service to the journalist whenever possible. Help them source good story ideas, provide sources with intelligent contributions to make, thank them for their time and attention.” ShouldIdeasMatterHelpingStoriesAttentionFocusSourceIntelligentJournalistContributionHelpfulAnnoyingProvidingGood Story Author:Laura Fitton
“Journalism has been very important for me - for a long time I made my living as a journalist, and it also serves as a source of ideas. Many of the things I have written I would not have written without the experience of being a journalist.” LongHas BeensMadeImportantIdeasWrittenSourceLong TimeJournalismJournalist Author:Mario Vargas Llosa
“Anonymous sources are to journalism what silicon enhancements are to the feminine figure; they look impressive to the gullible, but something doesn't feel right.” FeelsLooksFiguresSourceJournalismJournalistFeminineImpressiveFeels RightSiliconGullibleEnhancement Author:Larry King
“A democracy survives when its citizens have access to trustworthy and impartial sources of information, when it can discern lies from truth. Take this away and a democracy dies. The fusion of news and entertainment, the rise of a class of celebrity journalists on television who define reporting by their access to the famous and the powerful, the retreat by many readers into the ideological ghettos of the Internet and the ruthless drive by corporations to destroy the traditional news business are leaving us deaf, dumb and blind.” LyingDiesPowerfulClassDemocracyInformationTelevisionSourceReaderInternetCitizensNewsBlindLeavingEntertainmentAccessTraditionalDumbJournalistCorporationsRetreatDeafRuthlessIdeologicalGhettoTrustworthyFusion Author:Chris Hedges
“Certainly, when it comes to my profession as a journalist, that allows the government to trace what you're reporting, who you're talking to, and where you've been. So no matter whether or not I have a commitment to protect my sources, the government may still have information that might allow them to identify whom I'm talking to.” MayStillsMatterGovernmentMightTalkingInformationSourceProtectCommitmentProfessionJournalist Author:Laura Poitras
“The problem of journalism is simple. Journalists are rarely in a position to establish the truth of an issue themselves, since they didn't' witness it personally. They are entirely dependent on self-interested sources to supply their facts. Every part of the news-making process is defined by this relationship; everything is colored by this reality.” SelfFactsProblemRealityProcessSimpleIssuesPositionSourceNewsDefinedJournalismWitnessJournalistDependent Author:Edward Jay Epstein
“I'm looking for a balance of reported and essayistic work by up-and-coming women journalists. Often that means combing online-only sources or alt weeklies.” MeanSourceBalanceJournalistOnline Author:Ann Friedman
“A bonus, being a writer, is that the true-life source material is fabulously bizarre. There's so much corruption, violence and free-floating depravity that the well never runs dry, whether you're a novelist, a journalist, or both.” WellsRunningViolenceMaterialsSourceCorruptionJournalistNovelistsDryFloatingBizarreBonusDepravityTrue Life Author:Carl Hiaasen
“The Obama administration has attempted to prosecute more journalists and journalistic sources under the same Espionage Act she was being investigated under in all previous presidencies combined.” SourceAdministrationJournalistPresidencyEspionageJournalistic Author:Julian Assange
“Investigative journalism and reporting has become much more dangerous. This is especially true for journalists and sources in National Security - but it has been getting pretty bad for beat reporters and small outlets doing local reporting, too.” Has BeensSecurityDangerousSourceBeatsLocalsJournalismJournalistReportersNational SecurityOutletsInvestigative Journalism Author:Chelsea Manning