Claudia Kim Quotes

I was an international studies major.

There are a lot of really good skills you get from doing journalism - it completely changed my world and how I interact with other people.

I studied political science and international relations and had the intention of becoming a journalist or work in foreign affairs. I had no intention of making a film.

I always imagined myself doing what Barbara Walters did on '20/20.' That, essentially, is what inspired me to go to journalism school.

I began college during the Iraq War and initially wanted to be a foreign correspondent.

Very early in my career, I almost went to journalism school.

It was great to learn producing news from the bottom up and although I often looked at the reporters and thought, 'I could do that!'

It was Queen Elizabeth who made me a foreign correspondent.

I did not read newspapers until I became a reporter.

As a print journalist, you can be frustrated by people who don't call you back, parts of the story you can't get. TV gets you access to everyone because people call you back. It also allows you to satisfy your curiosity. I am a very curious person.

I had two different degrees: One in International Relations/Political Science and another degree in Radio and Television Production.

A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.

When I was in college, I became interested in various aspects of foreign policy and international relations. Even as a kid, I was interested in what I call, loosely speaking, forbidden knowledge.

If I wasn't an actor, I'd probably be working in journalism.

Journalism makes you think fast. You have to speak to people in all walks of life. Especially local journalism.

I want to be a Kid Reporter because I would like to meet interesting people, and I also love being in front of the camera! As a Kid Reporter, I would love to learn how to be a better writer and interview people.

I'm not a big fan of journalism schools, except those that are organized around a liberal arts education. Have an understanding of history, economics and political science - and then learn to write.

I am not insecure about being a journalist.

I started off wanting very much to be a newscaster.

There are many roads to journalism. My feeling is that your best bet in college is to study the subjects you will want to write about, whether politics, the environment or the law.

In the beginning, my mother humored me when I told her I wanted to be a reporter.

I think people of my generation became journalists - you know, right after the broadcast pioneer fathers - because we wanted to report the big stories.

When I was at graduate school in London, I began working at NBC News, which had a thriving documentary unit.

To conclude: good journalism is one of the models of good conversation and communication in the wider social context.

Diplomacy is a frequently neglected imperative.