It’s no longer just reporting the headlines of the day, but trying to put the headlines into some context and to add some perspective into what they mean.
BOB SCHAFFEROne cannot help being impressed by the protesters. They have begun each day of the protest in Kiev in prayer and all activities are accomplished with a collective sense of respect, kindness, and an intention to conduct a peaceful revolution.
More Bob Schaffer Quotes
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A police reporter walks into the worst moment in someone’s life on every single story that he covers. It’s not like being a sports reporter. That’s a great job and all that and takes certain skills.
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I had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a way to recover from it.
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One cannot help being impressed by the protesters. They have begun each day of the protest in Kiev in prayer and all activities are accomplished with a collective sense of respect, kindness, and an intention to conduct a peaceful revolution.
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Government is just spending too much money.
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The government’s view is that the best time to announce bad news, news that it doesn’t want the public to dwell on is late on a Friday, when it will wind up in the Saturday papers, which if you were readers, then the week day editions. A holiday weekend is even better.
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A great deal of our ratings on the morning news are people who died during the night with their TV on.
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I can’t think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.
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But if you don’t enjoy doing something, you’ll be miserable no matter how much money you make.
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I used to be a print reporter.
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Nowadays I’m not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.
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But, you know, they’re glad to see you when you show up to cover the football game. Nobody is ever glad to see a police reporter when he shows up.
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The recent history of Ukraine is replete with dead journalists, beaten journalists, news agencies being shut down, and politicians being injured or killed. Most are killed in mysterious auto accidents.
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My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.
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One thing young people have to always keep in mind when deciding what they want to do with their lives is, is it fun? Is it something that I’m interested in? Is it something I enjoy?
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My mother is Ukrainian. She immigrated to the U.S. from Canada as a child.
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