I would have asked more in depth questions. Because my main question was "what is your position on gay marriage" I got a lot fo facts spitted back at me and why they agreed with them. I liked Blayre's part about her sister being a lesbian and how she threw in her own experience with those effected by the laws on same-sex marriage. So I wish I had asked questions like "well how did you come to have these beliefs." I also wish I had found an actual gay person to interview, but then I would have felt weird trying to pin point a gay person out on McKeldin Mall. I think that that raw first person prespective was really missing from my piece. If I could go back and interview more people and basically redo the piece, I would want it to be less about people's political positions and more about their own experience and feelings with the topic. I think that always makes better audio.
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I would have asked more in depth questions. Because my main question was "what is your position on gay marriage" I got a lot fo facts spitted back at me and why they agreed with them. I liked Blayre's part about her sister being a lesbian and how she threw in her own experience with those effected by the laws on same-sex marriage. So I wish I had asked questions like "well how did you come to have these beliefs." I also wish I had found an actual gay person to interview, but then I would have felt weird trying to pin point a gay person out on McKeldin Mall. I think that that raw first person prespective was really missing from my piece. If I could go back and interview more people and basically redo the piece, I would want it to be less about people's political positions and more about their own experience and feelings with the topic. I think that always makes better audio.
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