Interview

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 419.

Keep on Learning

Do not assume you know it all just because you have been doing it for a couple of years. Writing copy that reads well and explains complicated arguments in a simple way is a real art and you can always get better at it.

As the news desk and sub-editors change your articles, ask them why they have made the changes so you can learn from them. “You will continue to grow as a writer over the years so always be prepared to listen,” said Sam Holliday, editor of the Bath Chronicle.

So now you have acquired some knowledge about the genre of a news story; you have practiced writing separate components of this article, and further you will try to develop the skills necessary for writing complete stories. But before doing this it is worthwhile paying attention to one more very important aspect in journalistic writing. It is finding information for your planned story.

As future journalists you know different ways of gathering some data, statistics, etc for an article. One of them, of course, is conducting interviews. Maybe you know that in the American and the British journalistic traditions an interview is not a newspaper genre but mainly the method of looking for information.

· How would you define the term “interview”?

· What types (classifications) of interview do you know?

· Have you ever conducted any interview? If yes, share your experience. Did you face any difficulties?