At our short refresher lecture on news feature writing by Yvonne Chua in the office today, she asked the staff some of the quotes we remember most from our experience as media reporters. I had a hard time remembering which quote struck me the most--probably because I was hungry at that time plus the fact that in front of us was THE Yvonne Chua, one of only three Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism Hall of Famers and probably one of my few dreaded professors in college. In fact, I even had to tell Ma'am Yvonne a quote I only got from Cheche Lazaro in her Media in Focus program: "But what the public's right to know?" Had she pressed me for more, I would have said: "Are you a good lover?" (This time, from Boy Abunda's ANC program). Haha. Poor me.
Speaking of quotes, here are Public Eye's 10 favorite quotes about The Fourth Estate.
Best. Journalism Quotes. Ever.
Posted by Matthew Felling
Number 10:
The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
Oscar Wilde
Number 9:
Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
Thomas Jefferson
Number 8:
There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil.
Walter Lippmann
Number 7:
The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find ourselves overborne by the multitude of our assailants.
Samuel Johnson
Number 6:
A free press can be good or bad, but, most certainly, without freedom a press will never be anything but bad.
Albert Camus
Click here for Public Eye's Number 5 to 1 and the rest of its entry.
Hmm. Quotes about the Philippine press, anyone?
Monday, July 23, 2007
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14 comments:
omg. chua.
worrrrship.
of course. haha.
bat di mo pa binuo yung list? :/
so that readers will also go to the link i pointed at. ethical blogger kunwari. haha.
hahah. bat xa nagtanong kng ng quotes?
Sir, kay jefferson din ba ung "i'd rather have a newspaper without a government than a government without newspapers"? ehehe
akalain mo. may kinakatakutan din palang prof si kuya. ehehe. ethical blogger. ethical journalist. yan gusto ko sayo eh! hihi :)
kaso wala ko alam na journalism quote! wew.
@ yasuren
ano? di ko nagets. haha.
@ desi
yeppers.
@ maenoodle
haha. naman. may iilan rin akong kinatatakutan. haha. kunwaring ethical blogger-journalist lang ako. haha.
haha. oks lang kung ala kang alam na journ quote. dami mo naman quotable quotes sa blog mo eh. hehe!
ay mali ko nasend ko. hahahaha. wag nlng. nakalimutan ko na. hahaha
ano? ala akong naintindihan. haha.
HAHAHA. ano ba. mali mali mga natatype ko! wag na lang. nakalimutan ko na e.
anu ba yan. how incoherent ha. parang nakainom na. haha.
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