Anthony Cepak
Tony Cepak is a third-year doctoral student in the Media and Information Studies Ph.D. program. His interdisciplinary research focuses on the relationship between human agency and the production of photographic images across all levels of inquiry. On a societal level, he is interested in the effects of culture on the representation of marginalized groups and on historical and contemporary depictions of violence and trauma in the news media. On network and interpersonal levels, he is interested in the intersection of power and issues of privacy and surveillance that occur in producing and sharing photographs online. Finally, on the intrapersonal level he is interested in how photography shapes and reinforces an individual’s visual construction of reality. Prior to pursing a Ph.D., Cepak accumulated two-decades of experience as an award-winning photojournalist and art director.
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for news stories. Today, it is considered the dominant approach in news-gathering among journalists. We know very little, however, about the theoretical breadth of interviewing and the associated competencies that journalists should possess to be classified as an expert interviewer. Consequently, the first appropriate step toward specification of this particular news-gathering practice is qualitative research. In the present study, we explored the breadth of journalistic interviewing competencies through 20 semi-structured interviews with journalists and journalism educators. The present study revealed 10 possible journalistic interviewing competencies: listening, interaction management, research, empathy, articulation, self-presentation, verification,
news judgment, observation, and open-mindedness, based on editor and educator responses. The results demonstrate the complexity of interviewing in journalistic settings and suggest a need for greater empirical and educational focus on the art of interviewing.
for news stories. Today, it is considered the dominant approach in news-gathering among journalists. We know very little, however, about the theoretical breadth of interviewing and the associated competencies that journalists should possess to be classified as an expert interviewer. Consequently, the first appropriate step toward specification of this particular news-gathering practice is qualitative research. In the present study, we explored the breadth of journalistic interviewing competencies through 20 semi-structured interviews with journalists and journalism educators. The present study revealed 10 possible journalistic interviewing competencies: listening, interaction management, research, empathy, articulation, self-presentation, verification,
news judgment, observation, and open-mindedness, based on editor and educator responses. The results demonstrate the complexity of interviewing in journalistic settings and suggest a need for greater empirical and educational focus on the art of interviewing.