Amy Goodman in Newsday on her work as host of Democracy Now!: "I have what most journalists look for -- independence."

NPR's Bob Edwards shared some forthright opinions with a Kentucky audience earlier this month. "The rise of cable TV and the Internet were supposed to democratize the media and give us many voices and numerous points of view," he said. "Instead, market forces and deregulation have clobbered diversity."

All Things Considered host Michele Norris tells Journalismjobs.com that producing the show each day "is a miracle on the order of loaves and fishes."