Ken Auletta
Ken Auletta
Ken Aulettais an American writer, journalist and media critic for The New Yorker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth23 April 1942
CountryUnited States of America
humility ephemeral needs
The importance of humility. We need the humility to know that truth can be ephemeral, that this can be but one version of the truth.
teamwork independence journalist
Journalists prize independence - not teamwork.
journalism problem owners
Perhaps the biggest problem in journalism is the cult divide between journalists and corporate owners.
editors fingers crops
Always point your finger at the chest of the person with whom you are being photographed. You will appear dynamic. And no photo editor can crop you from the picture.
passion focus
Passion without focus can lead you astray.
google important world
An important reason Google is usually listed among the world's most trusted brands is that it conveys a sense that the user comes first.
digital-revolution media electricity
The digital revolution is almost as disruptive to the traditional media business as electricity was to the candle business.
ivy league valleys
If the Ivy League was the breeding ground for the elites of the American Century, Stanford is the farm system for Silicon Valley.
people television watches
Poorer people tend to watch more television because they can't afford other diversions.
stanford-university tree forever
Stanford University is so startlingly paradisial, so fragrant and sunny, it's as if you could eat from the trees and live happily forever.
school government engineering
There's a bias on hiring the best engineers wherever they come from. It does seem like a lot of the non-engineering execs come from Ivy League schools, as is true in much of corporate America and government.
book media digital-revolution
The digital revolution has disrupted most traditional media: newspapers, magazines, books, record companies, radio.
passion vision batteries
Without vision, even the most focused passion is a battery without a device.
running war thinking
I think the press, which arguably was cowed by the (Bush) administration in the run-up to the war with Iraq, was certainly not cowed in covering the aftermath of Katrina.