I see journalists as the manual workers, the laborers of the word. Journalism can only be literature when it is passionate.
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But what is the difference between literature and journalism? Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all.
Oscar Wilde in The Critic as Artist, (1891)
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But what is the difference between literature and journalism ...Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all.
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The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
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If you believe in journalism, you don't insult good journalists.
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Perhaps the biggest problem in journalism is the cult divide between journalists and corporate owners.
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Journalists cover words and delude themselves into thinking they have committed journalism.
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Jesus Christ is our supreme commander, but He operates only through His word, which is unquestionably a training manual. However, He has many interpreters, and few people see the Bible as a true training manual.
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Freedom of the press is not questioned when investigative journalism unearths scandals, But that does not mean that every classified state document should be made available to journalists.
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Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers.
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Journalism is literature in a hurry.
quote by Matthew Arnold
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Novel writing should never be confused with journalism. Unfortunately, in the case of Primary Colors, a fair number of journalists confused.
See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers.
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If we're going to live as we are in a world of supply and demand, then journalists had better find a way to create a demand for good journalism.
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Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice journalism what will be grasped at once.
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Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.
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The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writer's main motivation is to become friends with the band. They're not really journalists; they're people who want to be involved in rock and roll.
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Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.
quote by Barry Commoner
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Journalism students need to understand it and need a solid background in the liberal arts, in sociology, economics, literature and language, because they won't get it later on.
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Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be read once.
Cyril Connolly in Enemies of Promise (1938)
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One of the sad things about contemporary journalism is that it actually matters very little. The world now is almost inured to the power of journalism. The best journalism would manage to outrage people. And people are less and less inclined to outrage.
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