Reflections GurukulThinking like a journalist
One small pause, and why it changes what you end up believing
Taught by Reflections Gurukul Team
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About this course
This chapter is about the habit that sits just before speaking up, knowing when an answer isn't the whole answer. It walks through ordinary moments, a landlord, a health claim, a salesman, where that instinct quietly makes a difference. It also lays out four questions worth asking before accepting any claim as true. The chapter closes with the story of a journalist who asked those same questions and uncovered one of India's biggest financial scandals, then examines what it takes to make this instinct feel automatic.
What you’ll learn
- Why the first answer you're given is rarely the full one
- What a landlord, a shop assistant, and a health claim have in common
- Four quiet questions worth asking before you believe anything
- What actually happens when people skip asking them
- How one journalist's refusal to accept a convenient answer uncovered one of India's biggest financial scandals
- How to turn this instinct into something your mind just does, without thinking about it
Curriculum
Thinking like a journalist
- Thinking like a journalist