{"id":2231,"date":"2019-04-30T06:07:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T10:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmmedia.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/?p=2231"},"modified":"2019-04-30T06:07:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T10:07:18","slug":"students-in-swirl-of-breaking-news-during-wnyc-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmmedia.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/2019\/04\/30\/students-in-swirl-of-breaking-news-during-wnyc-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Students in Swirl of Breaking News During WNYC Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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WNYC transit reporter Stephen Nessen (at center, left), hosted Hunter journalism students and Professor Sissel McCarthy (at center, right), discussing his beat and sharing tips on getting good vox pops. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Breaking news and two celebrity sightings made this year\u2019s tour of WNYC extra exciting for Professor Sissel McCarthy\u2019s journalism students.
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Rebecca Weiss, a senior listener services associate, welcomed students on April 15 and showed them around the newsroom just as news about the fire at the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris was breaking.
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Students also peeked in on Alison Stewart\u2019s show, \u201cAll of It<\/a>\u201d, described as a daily conversation about culture in New York. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visit included a talk with transit reporter Stephen Nessen<\/a> who told students about his beat, which covers everything from Uber and Lyft to congestion pricing and the ubiquitous MTA.
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Nessen often interviews New Yorkers for his stories and shared some tips on getting good vox pops.
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Prof. McCarthy and her journalism students pictured with Nessen during their recent tour of WNYC<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to brag, but I am known as being pretty good at getting vox pops,\u201d said Nessen, who explained \u201cvox populi\u201d literally means voice of the people in Latin and refers to short soundbites with members the public.
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The first thing he told students is to get over getting rejected and walk up confidently to your target. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMake eye contact and be really clear with specific questions that do not have yes\/no answers,\u201d Nesson said. \u201cFollow up and don\u2019t write anyone off if their first answer isn\u2019t that great.\u201d
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As for the celebrity sightings, students ran into Jeff Daniels, who is starring in the Broadway play \u201cTo Kill a Mockingbird\u201d while walking through the newsroom.
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Then on the way out, they rode down in the elevator with Alec Baldwin, who couldn\u2019t have been nicer and asked students where they went to school and what they were studying. They proudly answered journalism at Hunter College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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