Sunday, February 21, 2010

Profiling

The profile is one of the most important parts of a story.

The interviewer or reporter must be thoroughly prepared in order to have a successful profile.

The journalist must do a lot of research on the subject; they must have plenty of background.

A bonus to the profile is if you add quotes and detail about the person.

The most important part of the profile is that it is an accurate representation of the person and it includes information about the person.

Also, no matter what the topic is that you may reporting on, the journalist must include relevant information.

For example, if a journalist is reporting on Sarah Greyer, a survivor of a house fire, you wouldn’t include that she has had a bad experience of relationships in the past.

However, in the story the journalist must incorporate that Sarah Greyer has had a few experiences with arson in the past.

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