Q Media Writing Feature Profile Interviewing Preparation Assignment Instructions: Answer the following questions related to your upcoming feature profile interview. Use AP style to write your answers. If it says explain, you need to be thorough in your answers. Your instructor will review this to approve your selection for the profile and may offer some suggestions regarding your questions. What is the person’s name and title or position? Explain why you chose to interview this person. Discuss this person’s unique personality or experience that will be interesting to readers. Explain what the news value would be for this story? What would be the news angle? Outline how you have or plan to prepare to interview this person. For example, did you look up material on a website, find past news clippings or get a resume? Write at least 10 interview questions (six of them must be open-ended questions) to ask your source. Write your questions here: Note that you will also want to be prepared to ask demographic information and questions that might have relevance to the news value. Examples: Correct spelling of name. Age (if relevant to your story) Does the person have family? Where are they from originally? Where did they go to school? If the person went to school at UNO what was their major? What questions do you think will lead to the most interesting facts? Explain why. What questions will lead to the most interesting direct quotes? Explain why.
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