Open AccessNOTED: Old hands advise the new
Author(s) -
Lee Allan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pacific journalism review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2324-2035
pISSN - 1023-9499
DOI - 10.24135/pjr.v19i2.233
Subject(s) - cabinet (room) , jargon , project commissioning , publishing , excellence , media studies , gloom , political science , interview , refugee , work (physics) , public relations , sociology , law , engineering , psychology , visual arts , art , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , neuroscience
The best journalists are invariably good interviewers, whether they are interrogating a Cabinet minister or getting a shy refugee to open up about her struggle to find work. Excellence in interviewing comes with experience. So when the visiting scientist lapses into technical jargon at his press conference, it’s usually the most experienced journalist in the room who asks ‘the dumb question’.