Famous Journalists

"I sometimes suspect that half our difficulties are imaginary and that if we kept quiet about them they would disappear". These are the words of an Irish essayist and one of the world's famous journalists, Robert Lynd. Journalism in the older days was about truth and justice, where the "pen is mightier than the sword" was the slogan. There are innumerable names in the history of journalism which have made a mark by proving their talent to the world. Most of them have always believed that writing for the society was the effort to let them know what the innocence of reality is. This article is not about naming these famous journalists, but letting you know, that writing was their passion and strength, which is the soul of journalism. Mentioned below is a list of famous journalists, whose words are used as famous journalists quotes by many like us!

Names of Famous Journalists

In history, as well as the present day, there were many individuals who believed that the truth has to reach the people and that is why they worked. These reporters, writers, editors and famous photographers made sure the news which they wrote as well as broadcast was the fact. Since, the dirty head of politics and scandalism has always popped up, these people have never given into it and worked hard on their jobs. Here's a curtain raiser on some of the best and most famous journalists the world has witnessed throughout history.

Bob Woodward
Robert Upshur "Bob" Woodward, was born on March 26, 1943. He has worked for The Washington Post since the 1971 and is regarded as one of America's preeminent investigative reporters. Also, being one of the best non-fiction authors, he got his first break when he teamed up with Carl Bernstein. The two reported on the "Watergate scandal", which led to numerous government investigations, which eventually ended with the resignation of the then President Richard Nixon. He was considered as one of the most famous journalists from New York.

Walter Winchell
This gossip columnist started his career by writing gossip columns on backstage bulletin boards. He was soon hired as a New York drama critic and columnist where he gained popularity as one of the best celebrity journalists in town. He had a particular style of writing where he loved to coin new words, which eventually gained him, readers all over the globe. He had 800 newspapers which carried his column daily, in his career.

Margaret Bourke-White
This young woman, was one of the world's first and most famous journalists. She used photography to document the World War II and Great Depression, and used a series of pictures to tell a story out of them. She was the only woman photographer permitted in war zones by the U.S. Army and she did a great job by capturing significant moments in war. She is known to be a legendary photojournalist and remembered for her unusual work.

Robert Capa
This man takes the spot from all the famous journalists mentioned, as he was the only combat photojournalist who loved to be in the middle of action. His words say it all, "if your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough". Capa photographed soldiers in the trenches during the Spanish civil war and even jumping off paratroopers into Germany during the World War II. He had to be the best in whatever he did, but he lost his life in the battlefield, killed by a mine while he was in Vietnam. Such was this brave one who was mentioned in many famous journalists biographies.

Anna Quindlen
She was known to be the voice of the "Baby Boomers". Since she always wanted to be a writer, after working for her high school paper, she worked for the New York Post. She was then hired by the New York Times, where she wrote her first few columns like, "Hers", "Public and Private" and many more, which gained instant popularity. Her writing won her the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1992, for her concerns about many social, political and personal issues.

Some more influential and famous journalists of today and from the past are listed below, so take a look!

• Elijah Lovejoy
• Margaret Fuller
• Mathew Brady
• Samuel L. Clemens
• Jacob Riis
• Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman)
• Grantland Rice
• Ernie Pyle
• Ethel Payne
• Katharine Graham
• David Halberstam (Covered Vietnam)
• Walter Cronkite (Covered the Nuremberg Trials)
• Edward R. Murrow
• Peter Arnett (Covered both Iraq Wars)
• Ida Tarbell

These truly famous journalists of all time, have defined journalism in the way that it should be. Their approach towards journalism was never negative and they worked hard to make their passion known.