Quotation
Quote by Mark Rock
The idea is as old as the day is long in journalism, really, you’ve got to think like your readers
Explore the idea
Understanding this quote
The speaker says that thinking about readers is a long-standing principle of journalism. A journalist should consider what the audience will understand, care about, or need from a story. “Think like your readers” means viewing the subject from the reader’s perspective rather than writing only from the writer’s own point of view.
Source & trust
About this quotation
- Source
- Journalism.co.uk
- Format
- Article
Explore the idea
Topics
Conversation
0 comments
No comments yet.
Start the conversation about this quote.
“«جريدة لبنان في الوطن العربي وجريدة الوطن العربي في لبنان»”
“We're talking about our reality, whatever we see when we open our window, whatever we talk to our families.”
“U nas jest inaczej – aktor to człowiek, który ma swój normalny, przeciętny los, ale może wypowiedzieć to, czego słowa owej wewnętrznej treści nigdy nie wyrażą, stając twarzą w twarz do twarzy podobnej.”
“نعتبر أنفسنا جريدة الوطن العربي في لبنان وصوت الناس”
“I try to bridge those worlds.”
“El periodismo sin su función social no tiene razón de ser.”
Read quote“There is a human instinct to tell the truth and to discover the truth, so journalism will always be there.”
“The important thing now is that in the conversation with the Australian people, we can only appeal to goodness.”
“舒服、好看、表达，衣服对我来说就是这样的。”
“Art also is a kind of language – but it’s a language of feeling.”
The Orchard of Unsent Letters
A retired postal sorter finds a box of letters that were never meant to be delivered—and builds a safer way for people to begin speaking.
Read Story