Samantha Power Quotes

Journalism is the art of collecting varying kinds of information (commonly called news) which a few people possess and of transmitting it to a much larger number of people who are supposed to desire to share it.

One of my roles, and one of the things I'm good at, is breaking news.

Journalism, to me, is just another drug - a free ride to scenes I'd probably miss if I stayed straight.

Journalism is one set of tools - one toolkit I have. One vocabulary, one lens.

Essentially, there is no media, folks. There just isn't any media in the sense that there are reporters out there uncovering things you and I don't know and telling us what they are.

And as a result, I guess I'm just kind of a rubberneck. I'm kind of a - someone who likes to see things and likes to see these events and talk to the people who make them happen. But I don't think journalists are as important as the people they cover.

I'm a journalist; I love doing interviews, and I hope that will continue.

I think of myself as a journalist and a storyteller.

If you're a good journalist, what you do is live a lot of things vicariously, and report them for other people who want to live vicariously.

We are in the business of gathering the news. We're not in the business of talking about the news.

A journalist who doesn't bring a camera is like a warrior who doesn't carry a sword.

I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.

There are certain stories that remind you of the moral purpose that originally drew you to become a reporter.

I wanted to be a journalist because I like to ask questions. And I like the idea that someone might feel responsible for answering them.

My mom cautioned me not to become a gossip! I was always up in people's business. People told me stuff... even when I didn't ask and I channeled my story gathering and good sources into a hunger for the news.

That's my role, I go get news.

I'm trying to grow more as a journalist and understand the story I'm photographing in order to communicate it in a better way.

I think that my main business is as a news person.

I think that as reporters we certainly bring to bear our own set of experiences, our backgrounds, to our reporting.

I have such respect and awe for journalists who are able to communicate important information to the masses without sobbing.

The media is news gatherers. Why in the world are the media a factor?

I think I'm a reporter's editor. Being a good reporter is a specific skill, one I admire and don't possess myself - I appreciate people who know how to ask the right questions, who are excellent researchers, who know how to assemble information, and I enjoy working with them to shape their information into an article. Good reporters tend to be receptive to editing, and to a more collaborative form of writing in general, and you always end up learning more from how they work than you expect you will.

Obviously I love doing newsmaker interviews, and if I can contribute in any way to that, I would love to. I love reporting, getting out in the field and talking to people about various issues.

[On journalists:] We are a noisy, imperfect lot, struggling to scribble what has been called the first draft of history.

This is a very proud moment for journalism. I think The New York Times and The Washington Post are genuine champions in this moment. The role that they are playing in democracy is the role that you hear about journalism playing in civics classes. Other people are doing great work, but the Times and the Post have really been leaders. The public is watching, and they are hungry. They know something is wrong, there's a lot of anxiety out there. There's a real sense that the mission of journalism is very clear.