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chapter 5 vocabulary
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a person whose business it is to have the best and the most reliable information about the
topic; especially important in interviewing.
Primary Source
a question that is structured to allow the interview subject latitude in answering. The
structure of an open-ended question does not allow
Open-ended question
a question built around a word ending in -es--biggest,proudest,greatest, and so forth. Such
questions are generally avoided by good interv.
-est question
an all-purpose question usable in any situation.
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 interview provides
Off the record
a technique for writing an interview story in which the reporter's exact questions are
reported, followed by the sources exact answers
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