Alan Rusbridger

"In the days when we could take it for granted that journalism mattered, we could only share assumptions about what it was, how it was delivered and funded, but this is not the case any more."

"There are plenty who think that, as our libel laws are cleaned up, smart lawyers are switching horses to privacy."

"We're no longer a once-a-day text medium for a predominantly domestic audience. Increasingly - around the clock - we use a combination of media in telling stories, and in commentary, to millions of us…"

"All journalism is investigative to a greater or lesser extent, but investigative journalism – though it is a bit of a tautology – is that because it requires more, it's where the investigative element…"

"The greater the speed required of us in the digital world – and speed does matter, but never at the expense of accuracy or fairness or anything which would imperil trust – the more we should be honest…"

"widespread feeling that newspapers are failing in their duty of truly representing the complexity of some of the most important issues in society."

"Journalists have never before been able to tell stories so effectively, bouncing off each other, linking to each other , linking out, citing sources, allowing response – harnessing the best qualities …"

"The BBC is almost certainly the best news organisation in the world – the most serious, comprehensive, ethical, accurate, international, wide-ranging, fair and impartial."