In an election year, and at a time when the public and politicians are increasingly skeptical of the press, we thought it was particularly important to find out what journalists themselves thought of their profession and their performance. Tom Rosenstiel
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![[Research suggests these kids are only running with the curve. A June survey by the Pew Research Center found that while most respondents look favorably upon their local media, their perception of the press in general is more negative than ever.] The public is not rejecting the principles underlying traditional journalism, ... Rather it suspects journalists are not living up to those principles. - Tom Rosenstiel Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBUb20gUm9zZW5zdGllbCAgICA=&num=6 "[Research suggests these kids are only running with the curve. A June survey by the Pew Research Center found that while most respondents look favorably upon their local media, their perception of the press in general is more negative than ever.] The public is not rejecting the principles underlying traditional journalism, ... Rather it suspects journalists are not living up to those principles. - Tom Rosenstiel Quotes")
![[The question is] how many news organizations have the investigative muscle to handle a story this complex, and how many can afford to lose a team for the time it will take to do that, especially in TV, ... I fear the list of news organizations that can do that today is not very long. And sadly, it gets shorter if ad sales go down and other news pushes Katrina off our radar screens. - Tom Rosenstiel Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBUb20gUm9zZW5zdGllbCAgICA=&num=10 "[The question is] how many news organizations have the investigative muscle to handle a story this complex, and how many can afford to lose a team for the time it will take to do that, especially in TV, ... I fear the list of news organizations that can do that today is not very long. And sadly, it gets shorter if ad sales go down and other news pushes Katrina off our radar screens. - Tom Rosenstiel Quotes")
