Reply #42: I like this comment in the chronicle article.

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Kaplan, who has won 34 Emmys and previously served as president of CNN News, spoke of a time when journalists such as famed Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward were idolized and journalism was a highly respected profession.

"Everyone wanted to be a journalist," he said. "I wanted to be a journalist before I knew I wanted to be a journalist."

With public skepticism about bias in the media increasing, an influx of information resources at one's fingertips, broadcast news viewership decreasing and its audience aging, Kaplan said journalists must "get beyond the surface" with their coverage of stories to keep up, reel viewers in and stay true to their mission.

"It comes down to digging deeper--digging much deeper," he said. "If you just 'do the news,' you lose. Isn't the public right in wondering what we are doing?"