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I think that having a job in journalism, despite all of the changes, is still a fantastic way to be - make a living observing your society and having a chance to use your voice.

From journalism I learned to write under pressure, to work with deadlines, to have limited space and time, to conduct and interview, to find information, to research, and above all, to use language as efficiently as possible and to remember always that there is a reader out there.

I think journalism is useful training for a writer in the way it takes the preciousness out of the pragmatic side of the craft.

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.

Journalism makes you think fast. You have to speak to people in all walks of life. Especially local journalism.

I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, regarding it as a noble profession and one of unequaled importance for its influence upon the minds and morals of the people.

Journalism is, indeed, a noble calling, and I have much I hope to accomplish in the next phase of my career.

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.

What I learned at journalism school and at ABC - those skills are the same no matter where you are in the world.