Interviewing

May 2002   VOLUME 5 ISSUE 4  
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News Accuracy
Quoting Journalists
The Last Straw
Victims of Tragedy
TMT Case Study: Lockheed Martin Aero
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News Accuracy
Interview Subjects Share in the Responsibility for Avoiding Mistakes in Reporting

Cutbacks in newsrooms mean fewer people are available to ensure the accuracy of broadcast news stories. Does this mean you learn to live with more mistakes in reporting? Not at all. It means you engage your news interviewing skills to contribute to accuracy. Take a look at an accuracy checklist reporters might use, and the implications for those giving the interviews.
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Quoting Journalists
Seems They Hate the ‘Out of Context” Thing As Much As the Rest of Us

What’s this? News media types complaining their quotes have been taken out of context? Two recent articles highlight the fact that reporters tend to get a bit queasy when being quoted.

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The Last Straw
Pulling the Plug on Granting News Interviews. Is it Ever Justified?

Montana Gov. Judy Martz has her knickers in a knot over the treatment she has received from print media. She’s so upset that she is now denying interviews to certain print reporters.
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Victims of Tragedy
Balancing the Quest for Hard Truths Against the Invasion of Privacy

Reporters interviewing victims of a tragedy. It’s a sensitive area and an ongoing debate. A NewsLab.org article lets the victims tell the stories of their media encounters.

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TMT Case Study: Lockheed Martin Aero
Engineering a Discipline for Encountering the News Media

LM Aero's F-22 Raptor TMT has trained nearly 300 senior executives of the nation's leading tactical aircraft defense contractor. Bringing the soft art of media interviews to such a technically minded organization required rethinking many of the basics of the media training process.
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