John Hockenberry Quotes & Sayings

6 most famous John Hockenberry quotes and sayings. He's a 68 year old American journalist born on Jun 4, 1956.

“Design is the courage and brilliance to cover an original and make it different.”

“The media doesn't need a conscience; people need consciences.”

“An object imbued with intent - it has power, it's treasure, we're drawn to it. An object devoid of intent - it's random, it's imitative, it repels us. It's like a piece of junk mail to be thrown away.”

“I think every journalist understands when they are the beneficiary of hot information that, yes, they have a scoop, but they're also being used. Part of your responsibility as a journalist is to tell the story of why that information is coming to you, consistent with the ground rules of your sourcing.”

“I think everybody in news understands that the audience that watches for more than an hour is not your target audience - because those people are on life support.”