California CollegeDept Of Journalism

Interview – Asking The Question• Before You Start , Try to put The

Interviewee At Comfort. Chat, Make a Joke, Explain What You Will Be .

• Doing In The Interview ( Where You Will Hold The Microphone , For Example) Don’t Actually Start The Interview Until Your Recorder Is Switched On ,

Be Calm = The Best Way To Make Your Interviewee Relax Is To be Relaxed Your Self.Ask “Open” Question , Not “closed” Question‘closed Questions Are Ones Which Can be ‘Answers’ ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ E.g: Don’t Ask “ Do You Like The New Law Which Was Approved Today?”

Instead – Ask “ What Do You Think About The New Law Which Was Approved ?”

Ask: ‘Who’ , ‘Where’ , ‘When’ , ‘What’ , ‘Which’ And ‘How’.

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Ask Simple Question That Keep The Conversation Moving. ( For Example) ‘Why?’ ‘What Happen Next?’ What Do You Mean? How Do You Know That? What Is The Next Step?.Show That You Are Listening To The Interviewees Answer: By Aye-Contact , Body Language, Repeating key bits Of Information That They Say ( You Said That you First Started Writing Poems At The Age Of Live . How Did You Start So Young? )

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Don’t Try To Steal The Spotlight From The Interviewee. ( Your Job Is to Get Information From Interview.Not to Show off Act Like You Are Smarter Than The Interviewee).Start With a General , Relatively Easy Question It Will to Help to Relax Your Interviewee .Don’t Ask The Toughest Questions First – You’ll Have a Very Short Interview ( Good Evening Minister?, My First Question Is To Ask Why Are You so Corrupt?).Ask Neutral Questions – Avoid ‘ Leading Question’

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Whether You Are Assigned to Cover An Accident , Fire or Disaster . Many Of The Facts And All Of the Color Are Gather At The Scene By Being There . You Will Have A Better Picture Of What happen However Cover Accident And Fire As Purely Passive Observers you Must Observe But You Also Must Actively Gather Information From Those Who Are There Many Of Them Including Those Directly Involved You May Never Be Able To Find Again.

The Scene Of An AccidentWhen Dispatched to the Scene an Accident . You Must Concentrate On Gathering The Facts. Move as Quickly As Possible to Collect Information.

Covering Accidents

1. The Names , Age, Address And Conditions Of The Victims

2. Accounts Of Witness Of Police Reconstructions Of What Happen.

3. When The Accident Occurred .4. Where It Occurred5. Why And How At Happen to Ask Officer Who Was Fault

What to Do At Scene Of Accident a) Question The Person In Charge Of the Investigation b) Try to Find And Interview Witness c) Try to Find Friends Or Relatives Of Victimsd) Talk With Other At The Scenee) Be Sensetive to Victims And Their Families

Covering Accidents