1. Great reporters see the world as a storehouse of stories.
2. Great reporters see meaning behind ordinary events and patterns in chaos.
3. Great reporters see invisible people in action, and they talk with them.
4. Great reporters see the concrete and the specific, as do poets.
5. Great reporters remain skeptical of power and its influences.
6. Great reporters tend to distrust authority, especially authorities who try to shut off information.
7. Great reporters tend to swim against the tide of opinion.
8. Great reporters keep their own secrets and reveal the secrets of others.
9. Great reporters presume that anything can be explained clearly, and they assume the burden of doing so.
10. Great reporters are great reporters 24 hours a day.
11. Great reporters interview even their mothers, and write in a way their mothers will understand.
12. Great reporters drive to the office by a different route each day and sometimes even walk to work.
13. Great reporters listen and listen and listen and see.
14. Great reporters decline invitations to lunch with other reporters. They prefer cops, nurses, students, secretaries, and copy editors.
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