Journalists often discuss the issue of audience as a dichotomy – do we give people what they want or what they need? In the Committee’s work with journalists, we have been told that the question does not have to be either/or. Instead, why not find important news and then present it in ways that make it interesting?

Minnesota State University's Scott Olson delivered this uniquely narrative speech to drive home the point that it's the stories - not the medium through which they're told - that matter most for journalists and all communicators.

Huntly Collins outlines the potential the Web holds for journalism, and implores her audience to think creatively about how to overcome the Web's journalistic shortcomings.

President and CEO of the AP Tom Curley says journalism needs to take bold, decisive steps to secure audiences and funding or risk fading into obscurity.

CCJ Founding Chairman Bill Kovach's 2007 Baccalaureate Address to Boston University students invites graduates to view the world around them skeptically - to see it as it REALLY exists and not merely how those in powerful positions would have them see it.

Transcript of legendary broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite's address to the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism's Forum on Media Ownership.

Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite says today's journalists face greater challenges than those from his generation because their employers can no longer be trusted to provide the resources necessary to expose truth and weed out corruption.

CCJ Vice-Chairman Tom Rosenstiel examines the question, "Why do professionalism and a thorough discussion of ethics and high standards in journalism scare people?"

Los Angeles Times reporter Henry Weinstein discusses the impact of staff cuts at his paper and around the newspaper industry on journalists' abilities to provide readers the coverage they need and deserve.

A transcript of CCJ Executive Director Jeffrey Dvorkin's Nov. 10 speech on the tough questions facing journalists and where they might look for answers and inspiration.