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During my experience on both the yearbook and newspaper staffs, I have been able to cover new topics almost weekly. When choosing a subject to produce a story on, I try to pick something new each time. By doing this, I don't always know what the topic fully entails. For instance, this year I wrote a story on a sophomore that had obtained a black belt status in TaeKwonDo. I honestly had no clue what it meant to reach black belt status or what TaeKwonDo truly was, so I interviewed three different sources for the story and researched the formal definition of TaeKwonDo further. This allowed me to write a story that was 100 percent accurate in facts and provided extra information, allowing readers to get a glimpse into the world of the sophomore and TaeKwonDo. 

INTERVIEWING NOTES

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Interviews are the key to a successful story. In order to get the best information, quality questions need to be asked. The above photo is an example of questions that I brainstorm before going and interviewing sources for a story. Based off of how the interviewee responds to certain questions I then ask them further questions based off of their responses. 

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Above you will see my questions planned for the interview and notes on when she said something that stood out. With all of the advances in technology, interviewing is now a painless process. I can now use the Voice Memos app to record my entire interview and then simply write down the time at which my source says something significant or something that would make an intriguing quote.

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