I love facts and figures. It's like following a detective story, piecing together what's going on in the economy.
The kind of in-depth investigative journalism we practice at 'Frontline' is thoughtful, rigorous, and time-intensive. It requires us to constantly seek untold stories and to give our producers and reporters the time and resources to dig into them deeply.
While the rest of the cable news world moved to opinion, CNN allowed me to stay true to my hard-news roots and supported me with a true commitment to old-school journalism.
A good journalist is not the one that writes what people say, but the one that writes what he is supposed to write.
I hesitate to say what the functions of the modern journalist may be; but I imagine that they do not exclude the intelligent anticipation of facts even before they occur.
1st Baron & 1st Marquis Curzon of Kedleston
The nice thing about my job is that it allows me to look deeper into issues and then tell stories with that information.
I think that a great newspaper is one that puts a real premium on digging to get the story behind the story.
Serious journalism need not be solemn.
The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic.
There are many great outlets that we love and respect, but 'The North Star' really is going to be a hard news outlet with reporters and journalists, White House correspondents. I think we'll be hard news with some cultural commentary.
I'm not doing Pulitzer Prize work where I'm unearthing major negative stories about the UFC or some big controversies. It's just kind of day-to-day fodder.
I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.
We're journalists, and so it's our job to be impartial and provide a fair and thorough assessment of what's happening on the ground from the perspective of what we're able to see.
No, if there is an aspect of the executive branch of the government that needs looking at, I'm liable to be called in to look at it. But I'm not the only one.
