Bill Keller

“Transparency is the new objectivity.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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