Why Having an Interview is Importan in Obtaining News?

The meaning of news in terms of journalistic approach is an event that has been published in a print media or online, or broadcast by radio or television. So, people can read or watch to know the news. Why do people read a news? Not wanting to spend their free time. People read news because they want to know the development of the surrounding environment situation.

News as a journalistic product can only be born from the facts that exist in the community. And behind those facts there must be an actor. To produce a valid journalistic product, the journalist must make the offender speak. Effective way of doing it, nothing, except by way of interviewing. By conducting an interview, then the news as a result of journalism will have the power of life as well as can be accounted for. Because, with interviews, the facts of the society gathered by journalists will be well reconstructed.


The technique can be grouped into two (2) sections.

• Verbal techniques that really need the necessary hard ware tools.
• Substantial techniques - techniques associated with the ability of journalists in terms of sharpness of conscience in determining the choice of theme, place and time appropriate for an interview. Here the need for sharp social analysis.

As an interviewer, we must have the right tips to get a satisfactory answer. Here are few of them :

1. Questions should always be attempted using short, easy-to-understand sentences.
2. Do not hesitate to ask questions over things that are not yet clear to understand.
3. Know the right moment for each question. Also know what is feasible and unfeasible to ask, as well as the right questions.
4. Stay away from questions that are patronizing.
5. Avoid interrogation styles when asking questions.
6. Avoid asking questions that bring into conflict.
7. Create questions that can arouse the power of reason, memory and perspective resource.

These tips will probably guarantee the success of an interview. But, maybe also not useful anything, if not balanced with the ability of individual journalists who operate it. Hence, a journalist are "banned" came to the resource person with an empty head.