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I find there's a thin, permeable membrane between journalism and history, and though some academic historians take a dim view of it, I gather a lot of strength and professional inspiration from passing back and forth across it. -- Hampton Sides
History, like journalism, is ever a journey outwards, and you must report back what you find and no more. -- Richard Flanagan
If journalism is the first draft of history, then talk radio provides an early glimpse into how the meaning of political events will be spun for ideological and partisan purposes. -- Jackson Katz
I've always been a big consumer of American journalism over the years and had an interest in the history of it and of the press in America; how it has changed. -- Dylan Moran
My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted to be in the places where history was being made. -- Jorge Ramos
The methodologies of examining hip hop are borrowed from sociology, politics, religion, economics, urban studies, journalism, communications theory, American studies, transatlantic studies, black studies, history, musicology, comparative literature, English, linguistics, and other disciplines. -- Michael Eric Dyson
While the web is very much the first draft of history, a rough-cut, it still has to be good journalism, well-sourced, reliable. Clearly, the printed form is going to have more effort put into it, going to be more reflective and relevant. -- Lionel Barber
Any good broadcast, not just an Olympic broadcast, should have texture to it. It should have information, should have some history, should have something that's offbeat, quirky, humorous, and where called for it, should have journalism, and judiciously it should also have commentary. That's my ideal. -- Bob Costas
That President Mohammad Khatami's policies have been blocked is the bitterest incident in the contemporary Iranian history. This means that the wishes of millions of people who voted for Khatami and called for freedom and justice have been ignored... Why should cultural activities and journalism be so risky in Iran? -- Abdolkarim Soroush
Journalism is merely history's first draft. -- Geoffrey Ward
Journalism is the first draft of history -- Phil Graham
Journalism is in fact history on the run. -- Thomas B. Griffith
Journalism is the first rough draft of history -- Donald E. Graham
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it. -- John Hersey
Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is. -- Joseph Campbell
In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation. -- Anthony Sampson
Many of the most important stories in the history of modern journalism have come from sources who have taken information without authorization. -- Glenn Greenwald
If journalism is the first draft of history, then the Internet simply has provided a new means for delivering that draft far and wide very quickly. -- Tom Daschle

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