—Dave Barry, writer, musician and dog lover.
• Editorial Comment: Nothing to do with journalism, just an excuse for a Stella page.
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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
Professor & Department Head Emeritus
Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
Today's WORD on Journalism
—Margaret Sullivan, media reporter, “The existential dread of journalists watching the Sarah Palin trial,” The Washington Post, Feb. 11, 2022.
• Editorial Comment: Journalists are human, too. Sort of.
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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
Professor & Department Head Emeritus
Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
Today's WORD on Journalism
—Maggie Steber, photographer, “These Women Photographers Changed the World,” National Geographic, March 25, 2022. (Thanks to alert PhotoWORDster Mark Larson)
• Editorial Comment: Photographers have depth of field.
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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
Professor & Department Head Emeritus
Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
Today's WORD on Journalism
“But then again, a sentence can be over-examined. Good grammar can slow a sentence — or indeed a wheelbarrow — down.” . . .
“Sometimes we make a mistake on purpose. . . . On occasion we write a sentence that isn’t, in fact, correct, but it sings. And the question is: would you rather be the ornithologist or the bird?”
• Editorial Comment: As a writer, I’m kind of wingless and flightless and nearly extinct — like a Dodo.
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Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
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—Elie Mystal, columnist, “Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Long Pause Explained Racism and Sexism in America,” The Nation, March 24, 2022.
• Editorial Comment: A hard needle to thread — racist, but not TOO much.
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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
Professor & Department Head Emeritus
Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
Today's WORD on Journalism
Quotes from Madeleine Albright:
“The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.” —“Fascism: A Warning,” 2018.
“I have spent a lifetime looking for remedies to all manner of life's problems — personal, social, political, global. I am deeply suspicious of those who offer simple solutions and statements of absolute certainty or who claim full possession of the truth.” —“Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948,” 2012
“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.” —Exclusive Interview, Huffington Post, 2010.
“Democracy is not only a form of state, it is not just something that is
embodied in a constitution; democracy is a view of life, it requires a
belief in human beings, in humanity. . . . I have already said that
democracy is a discussion. But the real discussion is possible only if
people trust each other and if they try fairly to find the truth.”
—“Fascism: A Warning,” 2018.
“There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.” —“Celebrating Inspiration” luncheon, WNBA, 2006
“This is the first rule of deception: repeated often enough, almost any statement, story, or smear can start to sound plausible. The Internet should be an ally of freedom and a gateway to knowledge; in some cases, it is neither.” —“Fascism: A Warning,” 2018.
“It is easier to remove tyrants and destroy concentration camps than to kill the ideas that gave them birth.” —“Fascism: A Warning,” 2018.
“History would be far different
if we did not tend to hear God
most clearly when we think
He is telling us
exactly what it is
we want to hear”
—“The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs,” 2006.
—Madeleine Albright (1937-2022), scholar, teacher, diplomat, author and the first woman U.S. secretary of State, died Wednesday. NYTimes obit.
• Editorial Comment: Extraordinary woman, human, public servant. Thank you, Madame Ambassador.
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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
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Utah State University
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—Ray Bradbury (1920-2012), writer, from “Telling the Truth,” keynote address of The Sixth Annual Writers’ Symposium by the Sea, Point Loma Nazarene University, 2001.
• Editorial Comment: Lose yourself — and find yourself — there.
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Utah State University
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“We were the only international journalists left in the Ukrainian city, and we had been documenting its siege by Russian troops for more than two weeks. We were reporting inside the hospital where gunmen began stalking the corridors. Surgeons gave us white scrubs to wear as camouflage.”
—Mystslav Chernov, video journalist, “Names on a list: Fleeing Mariupol, one checkpoint at a time,” The Associated Press, March 21, 2022. Image: AP photographer Evgeniy Maloletka helps evacuate wounded in Mariupol. Mystslav Chernov photo/AP.
• Editorial Comment: Without them, Putin can murder Ukraine in secret.
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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
Professor & Department Head Emeritus
Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
Today's WORD on Journalism
WORDmeister says: I know this is too long, but it’s too heartbreaking to shorten.
“Heidi Levine, a 30-year veteran of war zones like Iraq and Syria, told CNN's John King that fellow photographers in Ukraine are in shock that ‘what we're seeing is actually happening. I mean, how could this be happening in 2022?’ It just feels like ‘we have learned absolutely nothing from history,’ she said.
“Levine has been on assignment for The Washington Post in Kyiv. Here are some of her recent photos. She told King about waking up with nightmares. ‘I think I just can't imagine being on the other side of my camera,’ she said.
“‘I even saw a cemetery where the graves were destroyed from the shelling,’ she added. ‘So even the dead are not allowed to rest in peace here.’”
—Brian Stelter, host, “Reliable Sources: On the Front Lines,” CNN, March 17, 2022.
• Editorial Comment: Photojournalists have always shown extreme courage in wartime. Increasingly, it’s also desperation and despair. Listen to photojournalist Heidi Levine's conversation here.
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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
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Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
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