“Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest in talent, in people.”
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In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.
If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect for ourselves and what we do?
I'm not an American but I have always had the outsiders' respect for the American people and the American way.
Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or like journalists anymore and that's sad.
