A Survival Guide for Journalists Quotes

“A journalist on assignment should become a hypochondriac.”
― IFJ, A Survival Guide for Journalists: Live News

“One journalist who works for a prestigious title of a very wealthy global media empire summed up the preparation his employers gave him before they sent him to Afghanistan: “They told me to be careful.”
― IFJ, A Survival Guide for Journalists: Live News

“A live journalist is infinitely more effective than a dead one.”
― IFJ, A Survival Guide for Journalists: Live News

“Good journalism is about delivering reliably, not about getting an adrenaline high.”
― IFJ, A Survival Guide for Journalists: Live News

“The job of the journalist is to tell the story, not to become the story.”
― IFJ, A Survival Guide for Journalists: Live News

“All journalists have a physical stake in high standards and objective reporting.”
― IFJ, A Survival Guide for Journalists: Live News

“(...) Official figures focus on those who were killed in wars or civil conflict, or who were otherwise targeted. While they record the deaths of journalists in accidents while on a hazardous assignment, they do not record the deaths of journalists who die in traffic accidents because they are trying to reach a story too fast, or working past the point of exhaustion, or because they put their lives in the hands of drivers who do not know an unlit, dangerous road. They do not tell of those who survive but who are so physically and mentally scarred that they are unable to work effectively again. They do not record the impact of death and injury on other journalists who may be reluctant to probe areas that have proved fatal for their colleagues.”
― IFJ, A Survival Guide for Journalists: Live News