The Journey of Interviewing

Yesterday, I set out along with two other students to interview people for our articles we have to write as our final project. Although we had different subjects, we all needed to interview the same type of people. We ended up interviewing three people; a mentor, a program coordinator for the University of Maryland, and a head-mentor for the YSP.

Thanks to all of the tips we learned from our journalism class, we successfully received valuable information from everyone we interviewed.

We started out interviewing one of the head-mentors at Cumberland Hall. Two of us took turns asking him questions that pertained to the subject we were covering. After this, we asked the head-mentor where we could find a program coordinator for the YSP and he pointed us in the right direction. We had to travel all the way to the mall on campus and find the Extended Program office in order to find him. Asking where to find one of the program coordinators and then searching for his office is what I believe real journalists constantly do in order find good information for their stories.

After this, I had to rush back to Cumberland Hall to interview one of the mentors. Going to Cumberland Hall, then to the Extended Studies office and then back to the Hall again was tiring, but I did get the information I needed. 

I interviewed the mentor, and asked some of the questions another student needed for her research, so we did not all have to interview the same person at the same time. Remembering from class to ask for her name and her title, I was beneficially able to get all of the information I needed for myself, and for the other students.

--Lauren Harris