I went out yesterday on a story and the family had just lost a loved one. She was sobbing and it was really hard for me to stay focused on my job. As far as being the reporter I don’t know if I could finish the questions. It’s a tough position because you are there trying to do your job, but on the other hand the woman is sobbing and who knows if she wants to be interviewed right now. I know if it was me I couldn’t finish and I would stop. But the reporter wasn’t wrong to keep going either. She agreed to do the interview and it’s not like we were holding a gun to her head. We were there to do our job and we needed to get it done. The reporter, after we left, was telling me that it was important to always respect the family. She would have stopped if they would have asked. But since she didn’t ask, we kept going. It was probably the hardest thing I’ve done all summer, but it was good experience to see how I would deal with that issue.
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