Katharine Viner Quotes

I think that a great newspaper is one that puts a real premium on digging to get the story behind the story.

I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, then it's already been covered by the media, and if it's not good enough, why would I want to bother with it?

Great questions make great reporting.

I don't think journalism changes. It's about digging into stories and telling them well. The basic tenets of great reporting stay the same while things around it change. Technology has made reporting easier, but it has also caused job loss. Social media has increased discussion around topics, but it has its own challenges at times.

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

Journalism, as concerns collecting information, differs little if at all from intelligence work. In my judgment, a journalist's job is very interesting.

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

When you speak of the press, of course, you have to speak of different segments of the press. Reporters, straight reporters, wire services, you stick to the facts; you don't create the story, per se. You cover what is happening.

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.

My journalist sensibilities have guided me toward the types of projects I've gone for, even though the projects have been fairly diverse. It always has to have that interesting to attract me, I think.

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.

I'm a journalism junkie.

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.

One of the great things about journalism, at its best I mean, is its forensic, investigative truth seeking instincts.

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

I love journalism.

Going from local news to a network operation is learning a whole new ballgame. The way you go about it and the stories you cover are so different. I feel at Fox I have a lot more autonomy about doing my work.

I just don't understand why people decide to be journalists if they're not willing to investigate hard-hitting news stories.

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

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.

Journalism is literature in a hurry.

I always wanted to be a serious journalist.

We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.