THE NEWS HACK'S CREED:
I know more than you.
I make lots more money than you.
I'm smarter than you.
I'm sexier than you.
I appear on TV all the time.
I work ten minutes a day.
I rule the universe.
I'm going to live forever.
You are an idiot.
THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 2:
A lie isn't a lie when it tells THE TRUTH.
THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 3:
I've come to realize that the looseness of the journalistic life, the seeming laxity of the newsroom, is an illusion. Yes, there's informality and there's humor, but beneath the surface lies something deadly serious. It is a code. Sometimes the code is not even written down, but it is deeply believed in. And, when violated, it is enforced with tribal ferocity.
--JOHN "OMERTA" CARROLL.
THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 4:
News isn't news when we don't report it.
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WASHINGTON--NBC’s Tom Brokaw will deliver the keynote address at the Radio-Television News Directors Association’s Awards Dinner next month in New York. RTNDA will honor winners of the Edward R. Murrow Awards and the RTNDA/UNITY Awards on October 4 at the Grand Hyatt New York.
Brokaw, who is stepping down later this year from his post on the NBC Nightly News, has had a distinguished 38-year career at NBC, including more than 20 years as the anchor and managing editor of the evening newscast.
NBC will pick up three awards at the dinner, including one for David Bloom’s coverage of the war in Iraq. Melanie Bloom will accept the award for her late husband.
Also making remarks at the dinner are these award recipients:
- Peter Jennings, anchor and senior editor, ABC World News Tonight, who won two awards, one for Newscast and one for News Documentary for The Kennedy Assassination: Beyond Conspiracy.
- Dan Rather, anchor and managing editor, CBS Evening News, whose network won the award for Overall Excellence.
RTNDA’s Edward R. Murrow Awards, now in their 34th year, honor excellence in electronic journalism. This year, 53 news organizations won 74 awards out of an initial pool of 3,182 entries from 552 news organizations. Visit www.rtnda.org/asfi/awards/murrowshow2004.asp for winners.
The RTNDA/UNITY Awards honor news organizations for their commitment to covering diversity. Visit www.rtnda.org/news/2004/070804.shtml for the five winners. For more information on the RTNDA Awards Dinner, visit www.rtnda.org/asfi/awards/dinner.shtml.
RTNDA is the world’s largest professional organization devoted exclusively to electronic journalism. RTNDA represents local and network news executives in broadcasting, cable and other electronic media in more than 30 countries.
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