Not All Political Prisoners Are Innocents.

What I Object To Is Tricking The Reader And Blurring The Lines So That Unsuspecting Readers, Thinking That They Are Getting Something That Is Assigned And Edited By The Editorial Side, Are Getting Something Quite Different. They Are Getting An Advertisement.

Speaking To The Subject Is The Most Overrated Thing In Journalism.

The Internet Is Very Democratizing In Some Ways, But It Also Has Other Effects.

I Got In Journalism For Any Number Of Reasons, Not Least Because It's So Much Fun. Journalism Should Be In The Business Of Putting Pressure On Power, Finding Out The Truth, Of Shining A Light On Injustice, Of, When Appropriate, Being Amusing And Entertaining - It's A Complicated And Varied Beast, Journalism.

As Journalists, We Need To Find Every Avenue To Distribute Our Work, And Try To Be So Good That We Become Increasingly More Influential Than Before.