At the core of De Correspondent’s proposition is a critical new power idea. As Ernst-Jan Pfauth, Wijnberg’s co-founder and publisher, puts it: “The people previously known as ‘the audience’ constitute the greatest source of knowledge, expertise and experience to which journalists have access. Yet this resource has been under-utilized for more than a century and a half.” He adds: “We believe that modern journalists shouldn’t see their readers as a passive group of annoying followers. Instead, they should regard readers as a potential gold mine of expert information.”
