Joel Stein Quotes

I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.

I wanted no other job than to work in newspapers. I was fascinated by the process of collecting information, talking to people and having the story appear in a paper that would be delivered in your letterbox.

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.

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

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

I started as a print reporter.

And at that point, I think my experience in covering the subject helped me. I think editors felt comfortable with the idea of me telling this story because I had demonstrated that I know this business pretty well.

All they expected me to do was rip and read the wire 'leads,' without doing any original reporting. It was pretty basic, but gave me a taste of how to combine my love of politics and broadcasting.

Everything is a narrative in life. I learned that early on as a reporter at the 'Washington Post.'

I'm a reporter - if I don't interview someone, I don't have much to say, and I definitely can't just sit down and knock out 800 words on any subject you give me.

When I started working for Rolling Stone, I became very interested in journalism and thought maybe that's what I was doing, but it wasn't.

I am a hard-news journalist. That is what I do.

When I was at a newspaper, I knew what an opportunity that was, and I religiously protected my time on the cop beat.

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

Journalism is not writing.

Just ask my boss - any time a major story breaks, I'm banging on his door to send me.

Journalism is about bringing people to an event or something that they couldn't attend.

I've always loved news. I've always loved storytelling and being where the scene is.

I remember thinking about how fun it would be to be a reporter. I had a dream, when I was little, to become a police officer and a crime investigator. It depends on what kind of stories you're reporting, but it's very similar. You're finding out the truth.

Journalism is nine-tenths being in the right places at the right time.

I do feel really determined, and that I have to pull myself together, but I don't really think like, my market has changed and my company has changed, and I'm going to make it BIG in America!

I had an idea in the beginning to do a book about some of the events that I had covered, just various stories that I've covered. Reporters spend a lot of time telling each other tales about how they covered stories, and that's what this book started out to be.

As a journalist, the details always tell the story.

Great questions make great reporting.

I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life.