“I cling to the basic set of tenets laid out in Tom Wolfe's 'New Journalism' - to get out there like the great French novelists of the 19th century and study life. I am a Tom Wolfe fan of the first order.” FirstsOrderStudyFansCenturyJournalismNovelistsToms19th CenturyGreat FrenchStudy Life Author:Peter York
“The very act of representation has been so thoroughly challenged in recent years by postmodern theories that it is impossible not to see the flaws everywhere, in any practice of photography. Traditional genres in particular-journalism, documentary studies, and fine-art photography-have become shells, or forms emptied of meaning.” YearsHas BeensArtFormPracticeStudyImpossibleParticularTheoryFinePhotographyTraditionalJournalismGenreFlawsShellsRepresentationDocumentariesFine ArtsPostmodernArt Photography Author:Richard Misrach
“Without a serious study of journalism, there can be no understanding of citizenship, democracy, or community.” UnderstandingCommunityDemocracyStudySeriousJournalismCitizenship Author:Roy Peter Clark
“Newspapers should be read for the study of facts. They should not be allowed to kill the habit of independent thinking.” ThinkingShouldFactsStudyHabitIndependentNewspapersJournalismIndependent Thinking Author:Mahatma Gandhi