Jack Germond Quotes

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.

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

I feel like, in some ways, I'm just a journalist.

I'm a journalist - I'm not Robert Caro. I have a day job, and a pretty consuming one - a joyfully consuming one.

I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.

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

In this Day the secrets of the earth are laid bare before the eyes of men. The pages of swiftly-appearing newspapers are indeed the mirror of the world. They reflect the deeds and the pursuits of diverse peoples and kindreds. They both reflect them and make them known. They are a mirror endowed with hearing, sight and speech. This is an amazing and potent phenomenon. However, it behooveth the writers thereof to be purged from the promptings of evil passions and desires and to be attired with the raiment of justice and equity. They should enquire into situations as much as possible and ascertain the facts, then set them down in writing.

I've been a journalist for too long to stop calling myself a journalist, and also when I'm doing 'Fake or Fortune?' I'm going through a rigorous investigation.

As a journalist, the details always tell the story.

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.

Report, report, report. Dig, dig, dig. Think, think, think. Don't stop being a reporter because you've become a columnist.

We in the media should be breaking the news and not making the news.

You can’t report on something that you don’t know about.

The function of the New York Times is to enter the battlefield after the battle is over and shoot the wounded.

A journalists's job is not to be balanced. It is to be accurate.

I'm a reporter by nature, I want to know everything.

I think of myself as a journalist first and foremost.

I'm a journalist. I've been a journalist ever since I was 18.

I love collections. I got into journalism with the idea that I'd be doing them.

I'm a reporter by nature and training. I like things that make sense.

I work like every journalist works so I have recordings, I have notes.

I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.

I'm in the reporting part of journalism.

I could learn how to press 'Record' on a tape recorder and write for a newspaper or a magazine.

I think of myself as a journalist and a storyteller.