Soledad O'Brien Quotes

Journalism: A profession whose business is to explain to others what it personally does not understand.

I'm a journalism junkie.

I love journalism.

I'm fascinated by journalism. I put a keen eye, not a negative eye, on its role, particularly how it is changed by the times we're living in.

The fundamentals of what journalism is about don't necessarily change. What will change is the delivery of news.

Great questions make great reporting.

I've had a lot of fun, and when I talk to kids in journalism schools, I say, look, I know what the journalism teachers tell you that this is a great way to perform public service and all that, but I say the main reason, if you decide what you want to do is be a reporter, the main reason you want to do it is because it's just so much fun.

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

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

It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all about.

The big moment for me was making 'All the President's Men'. It was not about Watergate or President Nixon. I wanted to focus on something I thought not many people knew about: How do journalists get the story?

I'm a journalist and that's what I do.

People who think there is something pedestrian about journalism are just ignorant.

Journalism is not just a cause, it's also a wacky profession.

At the end of the day, there is still one function of journalism that cannot be computerized, and that is reporters. You're always going to need reporters.

It's a journalist's job to be a witness to history. We're not there to worry about ourselves. We're there to try and get as near as we can, in an imperfect world, to the truth and get the truth out.

I'm not an advocacy journalist - that's not what I do. My role in journalism is to be able to engage the most interesting people with the best ideas.

Whether it's long-form journalism or investigative journalism, it's no fun to just be the guy diagnosing the problem.

Journalism keeps you planted in the earth.

It's about being right and trying to get the facts and get the story right, and inform, you know, the readership or the viewership. And there are some reporters that do that.

People say, 'Oh, you're doing the job of journalists.' I think it's very important to note that we can't do our job without journalists. Journalists can do their job without late-night comedians. They'd be just fine without us. But we, of course, use their work every day to build our pieces.

People often talk about parachute journalism, but one of the skills that you get when you are a correspondent is the ability to look at facts fast and work out what the story is.

All of us technology companies need to create some tools that help diminish the volume of fake news. We must try to squeeze this without stepping on freedom of speech and of the press, but we must also help the reader.

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.

We need ethical journalism. There is also capacity limitations in journalism.