Dan Abrams

It was no easy feat becoming Dominick Dunne. Think about it. He was the most celebrated chronicler of downtrodden socialites. He feasted on their famine with little sympathy or admiration for their formerly exalted positions. Yet somehow they invited him back.

American Journalist

Michelle Malkin

As an early-and-often chronicler of Chicago-on-the-Potomac, I am amazed at the stubborn and clingy persistence of President Barack Obama's snowblowers in the media. See no scandal, hear no scandal, speak no scandal.

American Writer

Harper Lee

I would like to be the chronicler of something that I think is going down the drain very swiftly, and that is small-town, middle-class southern life.

American Novelist

Tina Brown

What does it take to be a great social chronicler? Perhaps one of the key attributes is an understanding of what it feels like to fall from grace.

American Editor

Bayard Taylor

My duty is that of a chronicler; and if I perform that conscientiously, the lessons which my observations suggest will need no pointing out.

Margo Jefferson

I'm a chronicler of Negroland, a participant-observer, an elegist, dissenter, and admirer; sometime expatriate, ongoing interlocutor.

American Critic

Guillermo Cabrera Infante

So I do not consider myself a chronicler of my fatherland or even a chronicler of Havana.

Cuban Novelist

Julian Fellowes

I'm seen as a chronicler of the class system, which I don't think is unfair.

English Actor

Arthur Conan Doyle

A trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so.

British Writer

A chronicler focuses on detailed reporting of specific events, not general stories.

Event Specific

The term can be used casually to mean someone who often recounts past events.

Not Always Formal

Chroniclers strive for accuracy and factuality in their records.

Historical Accuracy

Chronological order is key; a chronicler presents events in sequence.

Focus on Order

Chroniclers can specialize in the history of a specific place or community.

Local History

Chroniclers often record significant occurrences, not daily trivialities.

Documenting Incidents

 Now, this may surprise you. But remember, philanthropy is about giving of time and talent, not just money. Clay Shirky, that great chronicler of everything networked, has captured the assumption that this challenges in such a beautiful way. He said, "We have lived in this world

Katherine Fulton: You...

 enough to cover the expedition and turn a profit. An obsessive chronicler, Pigafetta described the lands and people they encountered. With the help of a humble slave, he also compiled the world's first phrase book of native languages.