How to identify
How to convince
When to
Preservation of (the rolodex)
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TACTICS FOR PREPARING SOURCE INTERVIEW (go to how not to get played)
TYPES AND PURPOSES OF QUESTIONS
Closed vs. open ended
Loaded vs unloaded
Statement based
STRATEGIC SEQUENCING OF QUESTIONS
HOW TO BUILD MORE PROBATIVE RATHER THAN SUPERFICIAL QUESTIONS. IT ALL STARTS WITH DO YOUR HOMEWORK = PRINCIPLE 4 SO THAT YOU ARE NOT JUST USING A KEY SOURCE TO ESTABLISH BASIC BEDROCK KNOWLEDGE, BUT RATHER TO GET THE BEST AND MORE NUANCED, LESSER KNOWN INFO THAN JUST THE COMMON KNOWLEDGE
HOW TO PREVENT ‘GETTING PLAYED’ BY A SOURCE, ESP THOSE WHO ARE IN A POSITION WHERE THEY HAVE TO CANDY COAT OR TIP TOE AROUND THE TULIPS TO MAINTAIN POSITIVE APPEARANCES EVEN THOUGH THERE MIGHT BE SOME REAL DIRT UNDER THE RUG THAT THEY WANT TO AVOID TALKING ABOUT OR PUT SOME LESS THAN FULLY CREDIBLE SPIN ON.
HOW DOES NOT KNOWING YOUR STUFF IN ADVANCE PUT YOU AT THE MERCY OF A SOURCE THAT WANTS YOU TO DANCE TO HER OR HIS TUNE OR TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE? ANY GOOD STORIES ON THAT PER YOUR EXPERIENCE?
ESSENCE OF JOURNALISM STORY TELLING “Story in news vs in a children’s book, movie, tv show, novel etc.
THE STORY LINE but with factual limits
Is radio less able, due to time limits or other factors to ‘make it heard like a story?’ than print?
How not to dry out the news…..
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