Bill Keller

“The thing that makes a great newspaper is the number of stories it chooses not to print.”

“In the digital age, you can't just be a good writer. You have to be a good curator, a good aggregator, a good community manager.”

“We are in the business of finding things out and telling people.”

“A newspaper is a public trust, and we are its temporary custodians.”

“We're not in the business of making people feel good. We're in the business of telling them what's going on.”

“Transparency is the new objectivity.”

“Journalism is a bunch of dorks trying to be cool.”

“Patriotism is a love of country. Nationalism is a hatred of every other country.”

“I think the most important quality for a journalist is curiosity. I'm not talking about the kind of curiosity that's sated by a quick Google search. I'm talking about a deep, restless, unsatisfied curiosity.”

“You can't be a good journalist if you're not a good listener.”

“The challenge of journalism is to tell the truth in a compelling way.”