Journalism

"Journalism is the first rough draft of history."

-Unknown

"Monsieur l'abbe, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write."

-Voltaire

"Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, so they will be guided by it's light."

-Joseph Pulitzer

"A curious journalist-those words should be redundant, but alas, I have to tell you they are not."

-Charles Peters

"I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world."

-Henry R. Luce

"Great Rules of Writing"

Do not put statements in the negative form.

And don't start sentences with a conjunction.
If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a
great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing.
Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
Unqualified superlatives are the worst of all.
De-accession euphemisms.
If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.  

-William Safire, "Great Rules of Writing"