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Chapter 5 Vocab.
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a person whose business it is to have the best and most reliable information about the topic;
especially important in interviewing.
Primary Source
a question that is structure to allow the interview subject latitude in answering. The
structure of an open-ended question does not allow fo
Open-ended Question
a question built around a word ending in –est—biggest, proudest, greatest, and so far forth.
Such questions are generally avoided by good in
-est question
an all-purpose question usable in any situation—for example, “what are your immediate and
long-term goals?”
Stock Question
an interview set up and planned in advance.
Formal interview
an agreement reached, before an interview begins, that the interview will not print the
information that the interviewee provides.
Off the record
a technique for writing and interview story in which the reporter’s exact questions are
reported, followed by the source’s exact answers.
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