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Hey, what’s the big idea – about journalism? | Poynter.

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1792","attributes":{"class":"media-image alignleft","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"477","height":"329","alt":""}}]]Ever since I was a little kid, I heard people say: “Hey, what’s the big idea?” In most cases, this phrase was a synonym for “What do you think you’re doing?” These were not real questions. They were challenges to perceived misbehavior: a kid sneaking around; someone going through your stuff.What if we asked that question and expected an answer. And what if we added a context: “Hey, what’s the big idea – about journalism?”Every creative act I can think of is attached to some big idea that is rarely expressed. But if you KNOW that big idea, it can help you learn the values and the elements of a particular craft. Source: Hey, what’s the big idea – about journalism? | Poynter.
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