Correspondents Quotes

We wanted to make sure we got back out into the field with our anchors, not just our correspondents, to do reporting. Because ultimately, it's all about reporting. - David Westin

We used to have five correspondents. One of ours for health reasons had to retire a year or so ago, and we just haven't found anybody to replace her. It takes a certain type of person to keep up with things like that. It's not high journalism, but it's important news. - Dave Bell

We depend on correspondents in China or Hong Kong to report on this case, but the Chinese press has to be careful in avoiding conflict with government officials. - Joseph Leung

Wars tend to be very public things, they are visible. There are correspondents traveling with the troops and you get daily dispatches. - Ron Suskind

Wars are not fought on the training ground, nor can they be covered from a TV studio. They are not reality shows, they are reality. Young men and women have to fight them, and correspondents have to cover them if we are to understand what they are about. - Bob Schieffer

Those 40 or 50 national correspondents who had followed Kennedy since the beginning of his electoral exertions into the November days had become more than a press corps - they had become his friends and, some of them, his most devoted admirers. - Theodore White

This is no slur on our incredible talented and hardworking correspondents. The fact of the matter is [that], when you have an anchor out there in the country, you're going to cover the story more. - Elizabeth Vargas

The Web is a great opportunity in terms of revenue generation and for our correspondents to produce a lot of programming. - Sean McManus