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.
BOB SCHAFFERThe truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game.
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Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander’s boss to get that changed.
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I can’t think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.
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My mother is Ukrainian. She immigrated to the U.S. from Canada as a child.
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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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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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Nowadays I’m not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.
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I would love to see the French spending money to restore Iraq.
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The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game.
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Parents don’t like it, administrators don’t like it, and kids don’t like it, but politicians and bureaucrats in Washington love it–which should be the first indication to you that it is a troubled program.
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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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I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.
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The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way.
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Government is just spending too much money.
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I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.
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And as a result, I guess I’m just kind of a rubberneck. I’m kind of a – someone who likes to see things and likes to see these events and talk to the people who make them happen. But I don’t think journalists are as important as the people they cover.
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