I was a little confused when I learned that the content of this assignment was to interview a classmate who had worked according to my career goals. One is that I know few people at this stage, and the other is that my interpersonal communication ability is immature. When I was at a loss about it, I suddenly thought of him, the senior who came to exchange experiences with us at the beginning of my freshman year-Ng Man Tat.
Ng Man Tat, a 2006 journalism major at the School of Cultural Communication, was hired as a reporter by the Guangzhou Branch of Xinhua News Agency.
Face-to-face "personal interview" may be a familiar concept for most people, but it may not be a process that they have experienced personally. Personal interview focuses on communication and coordination with others, and it is really a big test for ordinary people to dig out what you want to know as much as possible.
I am an advertising major, but I am more interested in news, and my future career direction is also planned to develop into news and media. Therefore, my interviewee chose Ng Man Tat, an outstanding senior majoring in journalism at the School of Cultural Communication in 2006.
The first time I conducted an independent face-to-face interview, it was hard to hide my nervousness at first, but with the deepening of the interview, I found that Brother Wu was a very peaceful person and his nervousness gradually relaxed.
While many graduates are looking for jobs everywhere, Ng Man Tat has found a satisfactory job. He was hired by the Guangzhou Branch of Xinhua News Agency with excellent results and became a reporter of the agency. In fact, when he saw the recruitment information on Xinhuanet, he was already reviewing for the postgraduate entrance examination, but he decided to give it a try, so he submitted his resume to the recruiting unit and successfully entered the written test. Shortly after the written test, he received an interview notice. After that, I received an internship notice from Guangzhou Branch, where I successfully completed the "same topic interview", "topic interview" and interview tasks, and finally became the reporter of Xinhua News Agency Guangzhou Branch with the first place in written test, interview and internship among competitors such as Tsinghua, Peking University, People's Congress and China Communication University.
Near graduation, he has written his graduation thesis, and now he is waiting to graduate and work in Guangzhou. When asked about the specific content of this job, Brother Wu said that he only knows that he is a reporter now, and the basic work that journalists have to do is naturally indispensable. Other specific work contents will not be known until Guangzhou.
I asked him what basic knowledge, skills and experience he should have in journalism. He said modestly that he had no experience and could only talk about what he knew. Wu Gordon paused and said, "If you want to take the road of television and newspapers in the future, writing, practice and school grades are very important. Writing ability is the foundation of journalism, and your writing and thinking should meet the requirements of this industry. Internship is also a very important part. The news work unit attaches great importance to internship experience, so it is necessary to let yourself practice more during college, preferably to newspapers and TV stations. The professional performance during the university period must be good, and it is impossible for the employer to recruit a person with average professional performance. "
"Is it difficult for a non-journalism major like me to engage in journalism?" I asked. Brother Ng Man Tat thought about it and said, "Many news organizations really value whether you are a journalism major or not when recruiting, but as long as you are willing to work hard, have internship experience and publish some press releases and academic articles, you will also have an advantage."
I asked again: "Which newspapers and periodicals can you use to learn about the news field and increase your news literacy?" He said, "By the way, this is worth telling you. Do you usually watch Southern Weekend? " I replied, "You see, I read almost every issue." He added: "Southern Weekend is a good newspaper and can be read as a magazine. In addition, Phoenix Weekly, Lookout and Reading are all worth reading. You can also read the above articles on forums in Phoenix.com, People.com, Lianhe Zaobao and CNN. There are magazines in the school library. Just go to the library. You don't have to pay for it yourself. "
When asked if journalism requires many personal qualities, Ng Man Tat Sr said, "There are certain requirements. You must be good at communicating with people and have strong communication skills. Of course, people with this personality are not necessarily extroverts. Some people are introverted, but they can listen to others, try to let others talk and dig out what they want to interview. " I said I was an introvert. He said, "Then you should take part in more activities during your college years, show yourself in front of your classmates and gradually improve your character."
When I said that I wanted to take the postgraduate entrance examination in journalism, I asked him if it was too late to start reviewing in junior year. He said: "if you have decided to take the postgraduate entrance examination, you can start preparing now, but you don't have to deliberately." For example, you can listen to journalism classes and read some journalism books when you are free. But now there is a saying that postgraduate entrance examination is not as good as postgraduate study. Postgraduate entrance examination is not like many people fighting side by side for a goal in the college entrance examination, but a person fighting alone for a goal, leaving early and returning late, and it is difficult to stick to it. So now you study hard and strive for research. "
In addition, he also told me some successful experiences and deeds of his classmates, including work, insurance research, success in postgraduate entrance examination and so on.
At the end of the interview, Brother Ng Man Tat said, "I hope what I said can give you some inspiration and help. If you have any questions, you can come to me at any time while I am still at school. " I replied with a smile: "These words from my senior will certainly help me a lot. Thank you very much! "
When I returned to the dormitory after the interview, I carefully sorted out the interview content of the day and carefully recalled every detail my brother said. As my senior said, in fact, no matter how difficult it is to pursue a cross-professional career and take the postgraduate entrance examination, as long as you can stick to your beliefs, work hard to do what you like and prepare for the opportunity, you will be able to pursue your dreams calmly until you succeed!
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