Assessing the journalistic Interview Techniques

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2019 in the subject Communications - Miscellaneous, grade: A, Mekelle University, course: Senior Essay, language: English, abstract: This study assessing the journalistic interview techniques of sheger café on sheger radio FM and Reyot on EBS Television. Journalistic Interview is the major means of gathering information that is true and relevant either for news of other journalistic production. Interviewing is a customary assignment of journalists as they do interview in their particular media house. Successful interview leads to successful story treatment. In this respect many reporters in Ethiopian media houses lack skills of interviewing. Interviewers should facilitate quality communication with their interviewees by presenting quality, follow up and probing questions to the level of interest of their audience. The main objective of this study is to critically assess the interview technique of Shger Cafe on Sheger radio 102.1 and Reyot on EBS television and it is intended to answer certain research questions. To cite some, it is intended to answer the questions as, how journalistic interview interpreted. Do journalists apply the journalistic interview techniques in the programs? What are the major challenges in applying the journalistic interview techniques in the programs? The methodology implied on this research study is the qualitative research method, in depth interview of the media experts and the program producers for the issue at hand was used as source. Accordingly the media experts and producers of the program has express that techniques of journalistic interview is should follow the ethics and procedure of journalistic interview techniques and they may face different challenges before, during and after interview and they solve those problems by prepare the plan B.