Jonathan Kern > Quotes

“The only measure of a story's worth is whether you got it right—not how many people were for or against it.”
― Jonathan Kern, Sound Reporting: The NPR Guide to Audio Journalism and Production

“Achieving the right balance is all part of programming a news magazine.”
― Jonathan Kern, Sound Reporting: The NPR Guide to Audio Journalism and Production

“Ford has one last piece of advice for anyone who’s reading his or her first commentary for NPR: “Bring a camera so you can take pictures of the studio, since God knows this stuff doesn’t happen to you every day.” Commentary”
― Jonathan Kern, Sound Reporting: The NPR Guide to Audio Journalism and Production

“The price of good journalism is eternal vigilance.”
― Jonathan Kern, Sound Reporting: The NPR Guide to Audio Journalism and Production

“The portable device is the future of digital media—at least in the short term—and there is nothing more portable than good audio content. It’s really the only content that is useful to people who also want to be doing something else with their time.”
― Jonathan Kern, Sound Reporting: The NPR Guide to Audio Journalism and Production

“A good rule, for this job and many others: give praise publicly and criticism privately. The”
― Jonathan Kern, Sound Reporting: The NPR Guide to Audio Journalism and Production