Creating Technology for Social Change

working interview questions

This is a collaborative blog post with Mary Kenefake.

Interview Questions:

-Minorities participating in Boston TV:
Based on personal experience working in the Boston TV industry how have the demographics change in the past ten years?
(minority participation then and now)
As a minority working in the television news industry, do you feel there is a disparity in the types of stories that you are interested in covering compared to other reporters?
What is your opinion in the diversity of stories that get covered in the television news industry?
-If not enough, what do you suggest to change the coverage?
Do you think the news industry workers and the stories that they cover are reflective of the populations they serve?

-minorities on the streets:
What are the television broadcast networks that you use for your local and international news?
What do you think of the racial demographic of these news sources?
Do you think there is a correlation between diversity in the newsroom and the types of For man on the street:
Do you watch TV news in Boston?
Which station do you watch?
Is there anything in particular you like about that station?
Do you see minorities represented in your local news?
Do you think there should be more/less/same presence of minorities on local news?
Would you be more or less likely to watch news if the anchor or reporter were the same race as you?
Why do you think that is?
What do you think could change that?
stories that get reported on?