Chapter 2: Reporting the Story

Ongoing Story: Interviews

The next step in this exercise is to conduct a brief virtual interview with a police spokesperson. You did have a police spokesperson on your list of sources, right?

Here is a list of possible questions for an interview with Center City police spokesperson Charmaine Curtis about the dangerous intersections story. Does this list look anything like yours? Click on the highlighted questions to hear Curtis's answers to these questions.

Q1: Where are the most dangerous intersections in town?

Q2: What kinds of accidents happen at these intersections?

Q3: Wouldn't red light cameras make these intersections safer?

Q4: Are drivers doing what they should do to negotiate these intersections
safely?