1.   Besides having to win respect for a fledging news operation, they were working for a management that pushed its vision of journalistic excellence relentlessly.

2.   But others linger, poring over the printed words of submissions, playing their role to encourage the flame of journalistic excellence to burn bright.

3.   In the hallowed halls of the New York Times, the talk is, as always, of journalistic excellence.

4.   They arrive bound in a dense and virtually critic-proof jacket of investigative tradition and journalistic excellence.

5.   Network news anchor Dan Rather and CBS News are being honored by the Greater Los Angeles Press Club with the Joseph M. Quinn Award for journalistic excellence.