By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. Oscar Wilde
I went into journalism to learn the craft of writing and to get close to the world I wanted to write about - police and criminals, the criminal justice system. Michael Connelly
I'm always very careful to make the distinction between music criticism and music journalism. A lot of people don't. But criticism doesn't require reporting. You can write criticism at home in your underwear. On the other hand, journalism takes legwork - you have to get out there and see things and talk to people. Michael Azerrad
It's all a sham: I have seen, and I know firsthand, indeed from my own pen, how the organized Right has sabotaged not only journalism but also democracy and truth. David Brock
Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read. Frank Zappa
The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. Oscar Wilde
The methodologies of examining hip hop are borrowed from sociology, politics, religion, economics, urban studies, journalism, communications theory, American studies, transatlantic studies, black studies, history, musicology, comparative literature, English, linguistics, and other disciplines. Michael Eric Dyson
Well, to be honest I think I tell less truth when I write journalism than when I write fiction. Julian Barnes
You will always have partial points of view, and you'll always have the story behind the story that hasn't come out yet. And any form of journalism you're involved with is going to be up against a biased viewpoint and partial knowledge.Margaret Atwood