Learning Log Journalism Meeting 4 - News Gathering and Interviewing

 

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Topic	News Gathering and Interviewing
Date	March 27th, 2023
Sources/Links	Smith, D. (2010). Introduction to Journalism. Student Activities Book. TEACHINGpoint. The Expert Systems for Teachers Series. United States of America.
Learned vocabularies, pronunciation & part of speech, definition, and in context (e.g., in a sentence)	1. Eyewitness = [ˈīˌwitnəs] Part of speech: Noun Indonesian:  saksi mata Definition: a person who has personally seen something happen and so can give a first-hand description of it. e.g., “eyewitness accounts of the London b”itz" Synonyms: Watcher, onlooker, spectator, viewer   2. Legitimate = [lejitimet] Part of speech: Adjective Indonesian: sah Definition: conforming to the law or to rules. e.g., “his claims to legitimate authority” Synonyms : legal, approve, permissible, allowable   3. newsgathering = [ˈn(y)o͞ozˌɡaT͟HəriNG] Part of peech: Noun Indonesian: Pengumpulan berita Definition: the process of researching news items, especially those for broadcast or publication.     4. Reference = [ˈref(ə)rəns] Part of peech: Noun Indonesian: referensi Definition: the action of mentioning or alluding to something. e.g., “he made reference to the enormous power of the mass media” Synonyms: mention of, remark about, citation of   5. Investigate = [inˈvestəˌɡāt] Part of peech: Verb Indonesian: menyelidiki Definition: carry out a systematic or formal inquiry to discover and examine the facts of (an incident, allegation, etc.) so as to establish the truth. e.g., “police are investigating the alleged beating” Synonyms: look into, explore, research, evaluate

 

Synopsis

To collect news, we can do several ways. The first, reporters can attend events such as athletic events, press conferences, speeches. Journalists are also advised to have calendar events, so they can better monitor the schedule of events. Then, the reporter needs to do background research to understand the topic to be discussed or on the person you are about to interview. Furthermore, the reporter can do Investigative Reporting to involve gathering information and checking your sources for accuracy.

The next way is to conduct an interview. It was through the interview that the reporters got the "meatiest" information. There are several types of interviews, the first being Fact Interview, this type of interview is a straightforward question-and-answer conversation intended to get facts and quotations for advance stories or supplementary/follow-up coverage of past events. The second, Personal interview, which is a more formal approach, also called the feature interview. The third is the Group interview. This type can be done by two methods, namely Man-on-the-street or inquiring reporter and Symposium interview.

Before conducting an interview, reporters need to make several preparations such as Make an appointment in advance, learn as much about the topic or person as you can so that you can ask intelligent questions, Know what you want to accomplish in the interview, and Make a list about what are you going to talk about.

 

Reflection

Through the materials of the fourth meeting, I came to know about how reporters get news. Next time, when I become a reporter, I will make thorough preparations before looking for news. I will do background research first about what topic I will find out. Next I will attend events that can support the information I need. Then I can interview someone who can provide more information on the topic being discussed. After that I will write down the results of my interview into an interview story. I also came to know how to write the interview results correctly and the form for writing the interview results.