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You find the most important thing that really grabs you, and put it right up top. Don't bury the lead. Put it at the top. Best thing to do. Never go wrong that way. It's an immutable law of journalism. It just always works.

— Kurt Loder

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

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

— Ellen Goodman

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

Speaking generally, people who are drawn to journalism are interested in what happens from the ground up less than they are from the top down.

— Tom Brokaw

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

— Laurence J. Peter

I don't know any other way to lead but by example.

— Don Shula

I've been leading newsrooms for a while now and it's been an honor serving as Editor in Chief of N.J., but I really think that my best shot at moving the needle in politics is by getting close to it - by reading, reporting, tweeting and writing.

— Ron Fournier

Well, a lead is the most important thing about the story.

— Kurt Loder

Journalism is a flawed profession, but it has a self-correcting mechanism. The rule of journalism is: talk to everybody.

— Lawrence Wright

When you do a piece of journalism, you may have to cut away 95 percent of what you are experiencing.

— Leslie Cockburn

Newspapers are so boring. How can you read a newspaper that starts with a 51-word lead sentence?

— Jimmy Breslin

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