The goal of this interview is to research the credibility of
a young person within today’s media culture. I wanted to get information from
an expert who faces challenges of reporting without bias everyday and analyze
it. As a Producer and Reporter at KUJH, my interviewee had a lot of first-hand
experience with bias in the news.
My first encounter with my interviewee, Mary Kate Baker, was
in the KUJH News studio where I was interested in becoming a part of the KUJH
team. I did not end up pursuing a position with the staff, however, I did
acquire Mary Kate’s contact information for further questioning. I then,
reached out to her to conduct this interview.
Mary Kate Baker
The most interesting piece of information that I learned
from Mary Kate is the bias that KUJH challenges between the Greek community and
non-Greek community. At KU, it is such prominent organization, that KUJH has to
keep an unbiased opinion in regards to everything that has to do with Fraternal
life on campus. Although not as complex as say, Republicans and Democrats, it’s
still a challenge of bias and non-bias media that KUJH must balance.
In regards to balancing media bias on campus at the
University of Kansas, Mary Kate Baker has plenty of first-hand experience, and
is a very credible source when it comes to reporting for KUJH. However, when
considering political news media bias and real-world influences on large media
sources, she only has her opinion to give. Although it is interesting to hear,
and potentially more educated than the rest of us considering she is affluent
in the realm of media and reporting, the information is an opinion and can not
be deemed credible.
The follow-up questions I asked where short and gave more
clarity to the story Mary Kate was telling. For example, after telling me that
she was also a producer for KUJH, I then followed up asking her how many people
she oversaw. The story that I got from Mary Kate was one that summed up the
challenges faced by the media (no matter how small) to present the public with
news that is unbiased and truly shows each side of the story.
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