Focus!!!

The article in poynter resonated loud and clear with me personally. As I was reading through it I was being called back to the convergence project we did in j2100 and how easy it was to get excited about a new detail and be pulled increasingly farther away from the original simplicity of the story. Going into an interview you must have a clear outline of goals you would like to accomplish but be mindful of your own ability to force things that aren’t there. For an accurate story you must let your subject tell their story but as a good journalist, you must keep them on track. Being flexible within your story can produce unexpected and viable results. I like that in this article it discussed how to maintain focus within a specific assignment but at the heart of every interview, overarching goals should be applied as well. Things like connecting to the viewer and good storytelling are ultimately the foundation and all other goals should be constructed on top of these.