#report

I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a reporter. I don't know where I got the idea that it was a romantic calling. ↗

— Charles Kuralt

#got #i #idea #know #remember

I recognize that I had a good deal of good luck in my life. I came along at a time when it was pretty easy to get a job in journalism. I went to work at CBS News when I was about 22, and within a year or so was reporting on the air. ↗

— Charles Kuralt

#air #along #came #cbs #cbs news

Kids are always asked, What are you going to be when you grow up? I needed an answer. So instead of saying, a fireman, or a policeman, I said, a reporter. ↗

— Charles Kuralt

#answer #asked #fireman #going #grow

Now that I look back on it, having retired from being a reporter, it was kind of romantic. It was a wonderful way to live one's life, just as I imagined it would be when I was 6 or 7. ↗

— Charles Kuralt

#being #having #i #imagined #just

When I was a little boy I used to borrow my father's hat, and make a press card to stick in the hat band. That was the way reporters were always portrayed in the movies. ↗

— Charles Kuralt

#band #borrow #boy #card #father

The Australia to 2050 report highlights something that is well understood by South Australians, that infrastructure plays a key role in long-term economic expansion. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#australians #economic #expansion #highlights #infrastructure

At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious. ↗

— Richard Russo

#disingenuous #frequently #hilarious #humor #i

Never look for the story in the 'lede.' Reporters are required to put what's happened up top, but the practiced pundit places a nugget of news, even a startling insight, halfway down the column, directed at the politiscenti. When pressed for time, the savvy reader starts there. ↗

— William Safire

#directed #down #even #halfway #happened

If one is reported as having set up camp overseas, it's as if one has made oneself unavailable. ↗

— Julian Sands

#having #made #oneself #overseas #reported

In the beginning, my mother humored me when I told her I wanted to be a reporter. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#her #humored #i #in the beginning #me