Overall, I think the writer did a great job. My name wasn't spelled wrong, the picture wasn't embarrasing and she wrote the story she said she was going to write. She told me it was a "Dirty Jobs" peice that the DI was planning to do every Tuesday. There was nothing on the DI that said it was a dirty jobs column or anything, but I think it went well anyway.
She definitely just paraphrased my words when I was talking and filled in the quotes with what I basically said because some of the quotes were definitely not exact quotes. But she didn't misquote the basic meaning so I wasn't bummed.
The story did give a wrong fact, however. In a photo caption it said I volunteer one day a week at the shelter, when I actually volunteer twice to three times a week. It's not a very important fact so I wasn't angry, but I do wonder where the writer got that information because she never asked me how many days I volutneer. Did she just assume or what? But again not a big deal. It just makes you think how many small facts you read in papers aren't actually true. I'm sure they check the big important facts, but kind of pass by the small ones.
All in all, I was happy with the story. And it taught me to make sure that even the smallest facts are correct when I am writing or editing a story about a person/place/event. Even though my fact was unimportant to me, a small fact may be important to someone else.
The quote they higlighted and put in big font was:
"Sometimes the dogs will kiss you after they have eaten poo or mud but you learnKind of an embarrasing way to go down in DI history, haha.
to deal with it," Scott said.
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You are pretty brave for letting someone interview you. I do not like being the center of it, though I did once for a broadcast student because I felt bad.
The friday everyone was leaving for break, I was approached while I was getting gas to be on the news, and I was definitely not going to do it. I am vain enough to not want to look terrible on a broadcast, and self conscious enough to know I would say something stupid.
So props to you!
I had a journalism teacher who said that he would never let a journalist interview him for a story. I think that says something right there.
I agree with Missy. That was pretty brave.
You know, I've never been interviewed, but I can imagine it's sort of nerve-wrecking to think of all that could go wrong if they aren't listening or write down something wrong. Mis-quotes can be very damaging.
This reminds me of the other day when I was interviewed by a broadcast student. I was on my way to work, and was kind of in a hurry, but I gladly did it anyway. After going through so many journalism classes, I understand needing interviews.
It's funny, though, the way people respond when you ask for an interview. Sometimes they are excited and other times they are really annoyed or weirded out.
I was on the quad about a month ago and a reporter from a local news station was walking around with a camera and asking students for their opinion on the election. I sat and watched as he got denied and denied. I thought more students would be excited to be on the news! But apparently not.
It's a really good idea to be interviewed. It helps you a lot to be a better interviewer because you've been in their shoes. You understand what it feels like to be under the microscope. You learn what kinds of questions work, and how to ask them based on what did and didn't work for you. You'll see how hard it is to come up with specifics like we always ask people to do. And it's not the same when your friends do it. It's gotta be a stranger. It completely changes how you feel about someone asking you questions. Kudos to you Ashely
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