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![]() Journalism 101
Using Quotes
A quote is the transcription of what someone has said. It's usually short (a sentence or a paragraph). Quotes give authenticity and flavor to hard news. They humanize the reporting of news. They give a voice to the people involved, creating for the reader flesh and blood meaning in place of abstraction. Quotes should always be accurate.
There are two kinds of quotes: direct and indirect
The indirect quote is faithful to the meaning of what a person said, though the wording is not exactly the same. You don't use quotation marks.
An example of a direct quote:
Here, you have the transcription between quotes exactly as Rodríguez said it.
An example of an indirect quote:
This is faithful to what he said, but doesn't use his exact words.
Remember!
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