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If you're a reporter, the easiest thing in the world is to get a story. The hardest thing is to verify. The old sins were about getting something wrong, that was a cardinal sin. The new sin is to be boring.

— David Halberstam

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✓Similar Perspectives

It's no sin to tell a good story.

— Steven Heighton

An important part of any good mystery story like 'Original Sin' is that it's not just a game of 'Clue' with surprise after surprise after surprise, but the goal is to tell a story in the midst of that. Even once you know the solution to the mysteries, it's far from the whole story.

— Jason Aaron

Journalism is a craft that takes years to learn. It's like golf. You never get it right all the time. It's a game of fewer errors, better facts, and better reporting.

— Ben Huh

It turned out I really didn't like journalism. I wanted to make up stories, not cover real events.

— Tawni O'Dell

In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it right.

— Ellen Goodman

In fact, I spent 25 years as a reporter, swearing I would never become an editor. Sitting at a desk, watching other people go out and find the story, and then fussing with other people's words - I just didn't get the appeal of that.

— Bill Keller

In a very straightforward way, I am a terrible reporter. I'm not someone who can go into a story and not get involved.

— Janine di Giovanni

I think the most important thing journalism taught me is to mine for details. The details are key. You can't try to be funny or strange or poignant; you have to let the details be funny or strange or poignant for you.

— Karen Abbott

Journalism, for me, has always been a calling. There are things that must be exposed to the light, truths that must be uncovered, stories worth risking your life for.

— Leslie Cockburn

✗Opposing Perspectives

The greatest sin for a writer is to be boring.

— Carl Hiaasen