Interview With Pascal Robidas

Bob Edwards’ Edward Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism is a short biography about the man that established and revolutionized broadcast journalism. Bob Edwards has ample experience in broadcast journalism as a radio news and talk show host for over 30 years (Biography.com). It is no surprise that Edwards takes a particular interest in writing about Edward Murrow since he certainly influenced Edwards’ career in radio news. While he conducted most of his research through secondary sources, he relied heavily on books by close co-workers of Murrow. With that said, Edward Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism is a great streamlined tale of Murrow’s journey from a logger, to an education advocate, to broadcast journalism.

Erica Harris is Southeast Texas number one anchor woman, and KBMT-TV, Beaumont Texas. She came into Texas Southern University campus as Erika Randal. She stated that Texas Southern University is her foundation and her rock. Many people here were a mentor and bright to her. Erika’s course changed when she met Ms. Walker. She started as a print of Journalism major and knew that there was a future for her in broadcasting journalism. She did not get one camera job as a graduate. It took Erika a little while, to have a camera job as she work at Fox 26 station Houston being an intern of Texas Southern University.

I sat down to interview my father, soon to find out how intrigued I was about my dad’s stories. It was late at night, about 7:00 PM. I had asked my dad if I could interview him, and he excitedly accepted.

Collings profiles many different journalists and their contribution to maintaining a free press, no matter the cost. Death, jail time, and threats do not obstruct these journalists from making sure they spread news. The main journalists that Collings interviewed came from regions such as Mexico, Yugoslavia, Zambia, the Middle East,

I had the pleasure of interviewing Christian Schaffer, the Co-anchor of Good Morning Maryland at WMAR-TV at ABC-2 News in Baltimore. Broadcast news is a medium that is thrilling, exciting, and fast paced. Schaffer took time out of his action filled days as a Co-Anchor to allow me to interview him and get inside his world.

As I sat in my apartment and waited for my guest I opened up my laptop to skim my notes. Edward R. Murrow, radio broadcast legend and American hero. This man survived London during World War II and now he’s coming over to my house for an interview. So many thoughts circled my head while I waited. What questions will I ask? How will he answer? Will I be able to use this interview at all? I kept frantically flipping through my notes when I heard a knock at the door.

Finally, whether it is in press releases or longer feature stories, I have become passionate about writing. When I interview people, it allows me the opportunity to get to know the person behind the story. I enjoy the opportunity to form relationships. For example, when I wrote for my university’s public relations department for two school years, I had the opportunity to form professional relationships with professors in the school of pharmacy. One of the pharmacy professors enjoyed the time I spent interviewing him, that he offered me the opportunity to be a guest blogger for the Center for Bioethics at our university. The Center for Bioethics has featured interviews with the President and General Counsel of the National Center for Life and Liberty, David C. Gibbs III and Project Coordinator and Writer for Concerned Women for America, Hannah Wegman. That pharmacy professor now serves as a reference for me.

I put a lot of time thinking about who I wanted to interview for this assignment. Not only did I want to network with other individuals on campus, I also wanted to learn about their everyday experiences. I interviewed Schelzia Ross, who is the Associate Director of TRIO at UW-Waukesha. I chose to interview Schelzia because she works with a specific population of students that I am interested in, first generation.

Reporter: I am here with a one particular young woman that has sparked interest in my eyes for many months. She works as a news writer for the New York Daily Tribune, that’s how I was able to find out about her story. Her story was so fascinating I have decided to call her in so she can share it with you all. Her name is Abigail Pilot.

On February 17, the owner of the Isabel Dakotan, sat down with Dupree’s fellow news team and talked on what running a newspaper is like. Slocum described his job to us as “fascinating as it seems”. Most of what he does every day is different in order to keep things interesting. Such things include; photography, interviews, and even overviews of recent sports games in the area. Important tips were also given to the news team for future use. These tips covered areas of interviewing and photography.

3. What kinds of people read, watch or listen to the publication or media outlet where this interview originally appeared?

"Journalism isn't just writing," Clara said to the student audience, describing the 'wide scope' of tasks in her typical day. From flicking through social media, keeping up with gossip, and compiling opinions on a recent trend, Clara has a range of articles to present to her readers.

My previous work experience as reporter for my school's paper, Tiger’s Roar have provided me with a strong base of communication knowledge and helped me learn how

The discourse community of broadcast journalists is a broad community, but can be narrowed down to smaller groups. As a discourse community journalist come in as novices, but carry the opportunity to ascend in their profession, to become an anchor for a national news network. The fundamental goal of journalists is to educate the public with events that take place daily, both domestically and internationally. With this fundamental goal at hand, news networks run astray, to where they begin to host biased opinions, with means to draw in a certain audience. These biases are presented by the networks reflect a political bias, religious bias, and social bias that can impact the facts of the story

I was 18 when we moved to the United States from Cameroon in 2010. I had always known I wanted to be in journalism, yet had little knowledge of how the media worked or what being a journalist even entailed. I had a passion for telling stories, and zero experience or hope that I would someday be able to do so in a way that affects everyday people, and effects positive change. As far as I knew, journalism was the ruling government’s tool for communicating what it deemed fit for public knowledge, and stifling any information that remotely threatened the political status quo. Only in the following years would I come to grasp the power of media and communication, in a journey that has led me to this very moment.