Katharine Viner Quotes

I'm obsessed with media and the way audiences can become creative participants.

Journalism has changed tremendously because of the democratization of information. Anybody can put something up on the Internet. It's harder and harder to find what the truth is.

After 'Land,' I wanted to do something about emerging media and citizen journalism, so I got this idea for 'Diary of the Dead.'

As a professional journalist who nonetheless champions a 'people's' Internet, I am happy to compete against the thousands of amateur bloggers out there reporting and commenting on the same stories I do.

When Arianna Huffington founded 'The Huffington Post' in 2005, a whole new era of journalism began.

Social media is a really cool way to tell your story to people who are interested in hearing it. It's not getting put through the filter of a television executive who's decided you're too old to justify the expenditure.

I started my blog in 2002. That was pre-MySpace, pre-Facebook. That was back before newspapers realized they were going out of business. That was back when no one gave any credence to Internet writers.

Viral videos aren't just about being funny. They're about identity creation.

We spend too much time fretting over the way the industry produces programming, and too little worrying about the way the public consumes it.

When I started my YouTube channel in 2010, I never imagined that one day it would be the most subscribed channel in the world and that I would be a part of such a great community.

Because storytelling, and visual storytelling, was put in the hands of everybody, and we have all now become storytellers.

People always ask why I stay in the online space versus going to TV or film, like most people would do, and the answer is that there's opportunity for innovation online - not only innovation in storytelling, but also innovation in how you interact with your audience and that is very fulfilling to me personally.

It's nice to be able to engage with this fan base that I've worked to build, brick by brick.

So many people in their 20s and 30s, on Twitter, say 'Please write something for us,' so I have to listen to them, they're my audience.

I think of us as journalists; the medium we work in is blogging.

I'm worried about the traditional media, but I think the new media is a plus for democracy.

The lazy blogosphere has given up on journalism and now trolls Twitter for their on-the-record in-depth articles.

We've seen how grassroots journalism by blogs has had an impact at various points politically, as ordinary people have amplified stories that were being ignored by the traditional press.

Believe it or not, I want to keep growing my audience.

I would wish eventually to be able to make television that informs and educates as well as entertains.

The power of television - it's so present in our lives, we don't even know how powerful it is.

I hope that all new filmmakers see that the Internet and social media are helpful tools in establishing a fan base as well as being able to interact with your fans.

It would be ridiculous to ignore the speed and possibilities of the digital landscape - you absolutely need to have fast-moving news online, but if you want to build a large audience over time, you absolutely have to take a risk on the big challenging stuff.

I think the era of access journalism as we've known it is over.

A lot of people want to get involved, so thinking up Vines that require crowds is always good. But I've definitely gotten tweets before that were like, 'Just saw Logan Paul shooting a Vine and ran in the other direction!' so it's not for everyone.