It's no longer just reporting the headlines of the day, but trying to put the headlines into some context and to add some perspective into what they mean.

Go vote now, it will make you feel big and strong.

I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.

A great deal of our ratings on the morning news are people who died during the night with their TV on.

I used to be a print reporter.

A police reporter walks into the worst moment in someone's life on every single story that he covers. It's not like being a sports reporter. That's a great job and all that and takes certain skills. But, you know, they're glad to see you when you show up to cover the football game. Nobody is ever glad to see a police reporter when he shows up.

And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn't graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing.