As time moved throughout my collegiate career, there has never been a more interactive class than this class, Reporting Contemporary Issues, JMC 312. The class has been set up to make the student understand that interviewing is important to writing the best story.
The countless nights stressing about getting your last interview in before the story is due and making each sure those grammatical errors have been corrected are finally over. And as I look back at my semester in class, I have noticed my growth in writing and journalism.
If the semester were to go on any further, I feel as though Dr. Klyde-Silverstein could only help us as reporters to find easier ways to network and know who would make the best interview for the story.
The advice that I would give to the new arrivals to the JMC 312 class: Time management. Make sure that you, as the interviewer, get those interviews as soon as possible. Council members and government officials are busy people, and getting an interview might take up to two weeks.
Procrastination is no friend. The more you put off the interview, the more likely you are to not get a good candidate for your article.
Without procrastinating too much this semester, the students have put together a website sharing with students and other viewers about the Greeley City Council. With hard work and dedication, we have completed stories to help tie the bound between Greeley and UNC.
A reporter can take a story from any angle; which way are you looking at the news?
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