Breaking news best practices: Reaching and interviewing witnesses and victims of trauma https://www.poynter.org/news/breaking-news-best-practices-reaching-and-interviewing-witnesses-and-victims-trauma … (Corrects link from earlier tweet)
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6. Be extra cautious when approaching teenagers. Children are more vulnerable that adults. Consider whether a teenager needs an adult or another advocate present during an interview.
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7. Ask the right questions. Open ended, descriptive questions work well. They can include: What did you see? What did you do? What do you know about the people involved? How do you know these things?
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8. Avoid questions that ask a source to speculate beyond what he or she knows.
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