Week 11 - Reflective Vlog

A short reflection on producing my final news stories for the semester.

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Transcript

Previously in my degree, my articles have been longer investigative pieces that have taken weeks of planning and research. However, this semester I have learnt to be more opportunistic in my reporting and ended up covering News Stories 3 and 4 in the same week.

This involved conducting 14 interviews in a matter of days, managing the contacts, pre-interviews, and follow-ups simultaneously.

I came across the poetry event by chance whilst visiting Auckland Art Gallery. I wrote my questions for the panellists and drafted the story whilst sat in the audience.

When recording the interviews, I asked the poets to move to a quieter part of the gallery, as the event had taken place in the main atrium where there was a lot of background noise. I wanted to ensure I had a clear transcript, as we looked at in Week 8’s lecture on recording audio.

I don’t think I would have had the confidence to approach the poet laureate, or been assertive in how I conducted the interviews prior to this semester, and I hope to take these skills forward with me in future reporting.