Transmitting Information Is Easier Than Creating Understanding.

Journalism Is Not Easy. It's The First Rough Draft. I Don't Think You Need To Wait Around Until You Have The Definitive Thing. You Record What's There; Don't Delude Yourself That This Is The Ultimate Historical View.

I Often See Cases Of Internet News Where There's No Reconciliation For What's Gone Before And What's Newly Arrived. That Training For Me - Which Was Absolutely Brutal And I Was Terrified - Was So Important, Especially Later In Life When One Was Faced With Conflicting Stories And Conflicting Evidence.

It's A Fascinating Time, I Think. I Do Believe That With All The Qualifications I've Said - [such As] The Uncertain Accuracy Of The Web - Nonetheless The Access To Speeches, Documents Is Unparalleled With The Ease Of Gathering Information. If I Had Had That Access When I Was An Editor Or Coming Up, It Would Have Made My Life So Much Easier. As It Was, Everything Took So Much Longer.

I Think A Lot Of Newspapers Have Lost Touch With That Sense Of Community, Which So Impressed Me As A Teenager When I Had To Knock On People's Doors.

For 50 Years My Father Worked For The Railroad.