JN 311 1nd Edition Lecture 5 Outline of Last Lecture I Chapter 2 Quotations Outline of Current Lecture II Chapter 6 The Art of the Interview III Find your subject IV You found your subject what next V What next VI Scheduling the interview Current Lecture Finding your Subject Cultivating sources You may be assigned a subject You may be assigned a topic and then asked to find subjects to interview You may interview subjects spur of the moment such as instances of breaking news or events There s one key point to remember You Found your Subject what next Do your research It helps in two ways develop questions and answer to anticipate Research Methods Non human Sources Public Documents New Sources Organizational Documents What Next Research methods Human Sources Co workers Friends Family Exes These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Scheduling the Interview Initiating Contact Be clear Be confident Introduce yourself PROS CONS phone email in person When you schedule interview up the deadline Walk the line between persistent and pest Two phone messages enough eject Two emails enough hit the eject button
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