I definitely would not have repeated my question over and over again-- it took up space and did little as a real transition. Instead, I would have given better context for how I found my interviewees-- going to CSPAC, walking around my dorm, etc.-- and allowed each one to introduce him/herself. The ambient noise just sounded ill-placed without exposition. I also would have pushed for more specifics with follow-up questions: everyone's responses started to sound too similar after a while, and I got no opposing viewpoints whatsoever. It was less of a piece of journalism and more of a broken record. And I could have been even more specific with the issue I was addressing: what about the don't ask, don't tell policy? What about civil unions vs. gay marriage? Just asking "how do you feel about gay marriage" was sort of disingenuous to the real complexities of the issue.
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I definitely would not have repeated my question over and over again-- it took up space and did little as a real transition. Instead, I would have given better context for how I found my interviewees-- going to CSPAC, walking around my dorm, etc.-- and allowed each one to introduce him/herself. The ambient noise just sounded ill-placed without exposition. I also would have pushed for more specifics with follow-up questions: everyone's responses started to sound too similar after a while, and I got no opposing viewpoints whatsoever. It was less of a piece of journalism and more of a broken record. And I could have been even more specific with the issue I was addressing: what about the don't ask, don't tell policy? What about civil unions vs. gay marriage? Just asking "how do you feel about gay marriage" was sort of disingenuous to the real complexities of the issue.
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