Journalist

Politics is still the No. 1 sport in town and the scoreboard shows the U.S. attorney's office leading.

Politics is still the No. 1 sport in town and the scoreboard shows the U.S. attorney's office leading.

People from small towns have to have their edges roughed up to get along in the world. But as a street reporter, you learn quickly.

There's room for a diversity of ages on television.

Think of it: television producers joining with newspapers to tell stories. It's journalism of the future. Advertising will follow the crowd - the 'crowd' being viewers and readers, of course, which could bring revenue back into journalism.

The most frightening interview I've ever done was with Dr. Lonnie Thompson of The Ohio State University on the subject of global warming.

I travel so much on stories, so I don't take vacation much, but one place I go back to again and again is my ranch.

Saya telah memproduksi film dokumenter tentang pemanasan global selama 20 tahun dan telah melihat peringatan awal peristiwa cuaca ekstrem menjadi kenyataan.

I have an affinity for Africa, especially East Africa, and Kansas looks very much like that.

'Frontline' does 10 news shows a year, so one a week is quite an undertaking.

Movie stars and singers never fully pass away because their images are replayed on film and recordings, over and over.

The one important thing you do as boss is you set the standard. The minute you go in and say 'we'll let it go this time,' you set a new standard, which is lower. So you cannot do that.

There's something magical about putting yourself into life. You've got to stand up and take responsibility for your own life and you cannot abandon that.

I'd like 'Morning News' to become a great first edition electronic newspaper, so that the 'New York Times' will want to watch us.

You know, in the beginning when your first payroll comes up and you have to borrow money to meet the payroll, you lose sleep the night before, and you say to yourself real fast, 'Well, maybe I should keep working a couple more years. It's sobering.

First of all, I'm a Midwesterner, being from Kansas, and Chicago is basically a big Midwestern cow town. It was built from the stockyards, and everyone is very friendly, and it's at the edge of the tallgrass prairie. There's just a good feel to it.

A journalist enjoys a privileged position. In exchange for not being able to participate in the rough-and-tumble issues of a community, we are given license to observe it all, based on the understanding that we'll tell everyone what happens fairly and squarely. That's harder than it sounds.

In L.A., everyone is competing for the next job, and in New York, it's pretty much the same thing: competing for a better job.

My personal philosophy is I'm running a 100-yard dash, and I haven't reached the end.

All vacations can come down to a few little moments - what do your remember when you're alone, totally relaxed and taken out of yourself to appreciate this other world.