Journalistic protocol: what it is and what it means

The journalistic protocol is an approach to deep work that uses any available window in the day — even a short one, even an unplanned one — to quickly enter a state of deep concentration. It has no fixed hours: it requires the ability to switch into deep mode on command. It is not recommended as a starting point: without years of practice in deep concentration, the capacity for quick entry does not develop, and the protocol gets adopted as a shortcut with unsatisfactory results.

Distinctive: any available window
Distinctive: switch into deep mode on command
Essential: has no fixed hours
Essential: capacity for quick entry
Constant: not recommended as a starting point

Glossary

Journalistic protocol

An approach to deep work that uses any available window in the day to quickly enter a state of deep concentration, with no fixed hours.