Hard news is serious
news which is simply used to educate and inform and not to entertain it’s
audience. The topic will often be upsetting or affecting society in a negative
way such as politics, it is the opposite of light-hearted news. The interview
will be set up in a studio or with an appropriate background relating to the
subject, the set will be professional and formal. The body language of the
interviewee may be slightly agitated toward the end of the interview as they
may be frustrated from the forceful questions however at the beginning they may
look very confident ready for the interview as it may not be the first time
they have heard the questions if it is a very recent topic.
An interview of hard
news includes direct questions that can be closed or open depending on if the
interviewee chooses to dodge the answer, the interviewer will ask the question
again but closed so they get a straight answer, a more relaxed interview would
not do this as it is less of an interrogation and the question should be easier
to answer. The interviewer wouldn’t necessarily try to build a rapport with the
person they are about to interview because they have the intention to verbally
probe them about a serious subject and wouldn’t want to be answered as a friend
but as any member of society wanting to ask the same questions and wanting a
direct answer.
There may not be an
introduction as the programme such as the news will cut immediately to the
first question however it may be introduced by the studio reporter explaining
who the person being interviewed is and who is the interviewer. There also will
be a particular question that will be asked which will be hugely related to the
subject and which has been asked over and over again by other new reporters and
which the audience would much like the answer to also to get the overall
summary of the topic and what the news reporter wants to hear, this can be done
through suggestive questioning, allowing the interviewee to almost answering
the question to how the interviewer wants it to be answered.
The purpose is to
inform the audience and to hear the opinion of the individual so members of the
public can hear the view of more than one side to find who they agree with
most and who is most likely to change the issue
for the better.
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