Bill Kovach Quotes
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The journalist's first allegiance is to those who receive the work. Although there is no doubt that many owners and business managers of news organizations also have a deep allegiance to the public, that allegiance is necessarily alloyed with their concern for their own point of view or for the bottom line.
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The credibility of the work depends on copy editors. I would argue with the copy desk, but I would thank them more.
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If we're going to live as we are in a world of supply and demand, then journalists had better find a way to create a demand for good journalism.
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In the end, the discipline of verification is what separates journalism from entertainment, propaganda, fiction, or art.
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Journalism is the closest thing I have to a religion, because I believe deeply in the role and responsibility the journalists have to the people of a self-governing community.
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