Harold Evans Quotes About Journalism

Quotes about: Journalism

• In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.

  Harold Evans

  Sweat, Sound, Journalism

• Some blogs have become the best check on monopoly mainstream journalism, and they provide a surprisingly frequent source of initiative reporting.

  Harold Evans

  Funny, Thoughtful, Blogging

• I love craftsmanship of any kind, a job well done either by my chiropractor or carpenter, and I am addicted to print, the type, the ink. But my basic passion is journalism and I can't live without being online.

  Harold Evans

  Jobs, Passion, Ink

  "Harold Evans: proud to be a publishing crusader". Interview with Zinta Lundborg, www.bendbulletin.com. March 7, 2010.

• This impressed me when I was the editor of the Sunday Times [of London] - we had the "Bloody Sunday" killings of 13 unarmed civilians by British paratroopers. We interviewed 500 people for our report, and not one of them could give us a total picture of what was happening. It was like the Rashomon effect multiplied a million times. For a website or even a newspaper to be a collector of information flow is not the highest form of journalism.

  Harold Evans

  Sunday, Editors, Information Flow

  "Harold Evans Sees Bright Future for Print-on-Demand Newspapers". Interview with Mark Glaser, mediashift.org. October 29, 2009.

• Journalism is not easy. It's the first rough draft. I don't think you need to wait around until you have the definitive thing. You record what's there; don't delude yourself that this is the ultimate historical view.

  Harold Evans

  Thinking, Views, Waiting

  "Harold Evans Sees Bright Future for Print-on-Demand Newspapers". Interview by Mark Glaser, mediashift.org. October 29, 2009.

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