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I got into journalism because I came of age in the '60s. It just seemed one way for me to get things done.

I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.

I had discovered journalism to be my life's ambition.

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.

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.

In a time of transition for journalism all around the world, it's reassuring to know that some of the old ways endure.

When I was 26 or 27, I gave up journalism. I came to England after my mom died, to let serendipity take its course. And I just found myself back in journalism again.

There are a lot of really good skills you get from doing journalism - it completely changed my world and how I interact with other people.

In the '50s and '60s, journalism wasn't a profession. It wasn't something you went to college for - it was really more of a trade. You had a lot of guys who came up working in newspapers at the copy desk, or delivery boys, and then they would somehow become reporters afterward and learn on the job.

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.