The Press Conference
The press conference has certain advantages. The first advantage lies with the (1) nature of the event itself; public officials are supposed to submit to scrutiny by responding to various questions at a press conference. Secondly, statements previously made at a press conference can be used as a (2) in judging following statements or policies. Moreover, in case of important events, press conference are an effective way to break the news to groups of reporters. However, from the point of view of (3) , the press conference possesses some disadvantages, mainly in its (4) and news source. The provider virtually determines the manner in which a press conference proceeds. This, sometimes, puts newsreporters at a(n) (5) , as can be seen on live broadcasts of news conferences.
Factors in getting valuable information —preparation: a need to keep up to date on journalistic subject matter; — (6) of the news resource: 1) news source’s (7) to provide information;
2) news-gathering methods.
Conditions under which news reporters cannot trust the information provided by a news source: —not knowing the required information; —knowing and willing to share the information, but without (8) skills; —knowing the information, but unwilling to share; —willing to share, but unable to recall. — (9) of questions asked Ways of improving the questions:—no words with double meanings;—no long questions; —specific time, place, etc.; — (10) questions; —clear alternatives, or no alternatives in answers.