‘What is absent in journalism is not courage but consciousness and compassion.’

In Belarus, with many people not able to use their computers to read about what is happening, ‘Online is not yet a worthy substitute for newspapers.’

‘If I kept writing, I thought, the threats would eventually stop because they weren't working.’

‘Questioning the reasons for the war meant not only going against the President's policy but against the beliefs of many people I knew and respected.’

‘Courage is not always about overcoming immediate dangers or reaching immediate ends.’

During the civil rights era, a few newspaper owners, editors and reporters risked their lives and livelihoods by supporting Supreme Court rulings and desegregation.

‘The disturbing trend is that more and more of these informational offerings are nothing but PR peddled as “news.”’

‘… just about everything has been tried to discourage these kinds of investigations by those who are unhappy with what we find.’

‘Our craft demands such courage if we are to find a constructive way through the many difficulties that challenge us today.’

‘Despite the low esteem in which the news media are held today, some of the best, most courageous news coverage is being produced.’