JRN 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Background Noise
17 Nov 2017
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3 common tech issues: echo: get the mic closer to the subject, too quiet: get the mic closer to the subject, background noise: move our subject further away, wat and start over, always test record. 3 common editorial issues: lack of focus: more specific open-ended questions. You"re interviewing people because they make good characters in your story. Good questions: open-ended for long answers, closed to get a direct answer, follow-up questions (give people the opportunity to reveal something about themselves: ask what they are doing. Then ask why they are doing it: ask what they are feeling, ask what they think. If you don"t understand, then your audience probably won"t either. Not so good questions: only closed questions, double-barrel questions, off-topic, long-winded or all about you. Inappropriate asking someone to be an expert when they are not. Follow-ups: be silent people will fill silence, ask again people often have a better answer the second time, leave your ego behind.
