Interview Questions

1. What is your full name?
- Ka Chan

2. Where are you from?
-Hong Kong(China)

3. Where did you go to college? For how long? Do you plan to go back to school?
-Hunter College, for 4 years. Yes, he plans to go back to graduate school.

4. (If the interviewee went to college)…What was your major in college and what kind of degree did you earn?
-His major in College was "English and Media".He earned a Bachelor degree.

5. Why did you choose that field?
-He chose that field because he was interested in journalism.

6. What is your job title(actual job)?
-He is the Communication Director of the Community Media Alliance(IPA-NY).

7. Why did you choose this job?
-He chose this job because he wanted to get an experience in ethnic media, event-planning, and to improve his communication skills.

8. How long have you worked here?
-He's been working in this company(IPA-NY)for three months-This is third month.

9. What do your duties include? Or What kinds of work does your job involve?
- His duties include planning events, managing the editorials of a weekly online publication, writing Press materials,coordinating with reporters from different publications.

10. What are some of the challenges you have faced working here?
- Some of his challenges involved getting people(more people)to participate to the Ethnic Media programs(ex:the Weekly Online Publication),and increasing the number of turnouts.

11. What is the best part of your job?
- The best part of his job is "examining journalism from a different point pf view".

12. Did you work somewhere else before this job? Where? For how long? How was that similar/different?
- Yes, he did. He worked with the Chinese-language newspapers,Sing Tao Daily and Ming Pao Daily(for 4 years).These companies were similar in that they were all ethnic media.But compared to his actual job(IPA-NY),his previous jobs were "day-to-day reporting job, while his actual job is a weekly online publication job/program.

13. Do you enjoy the kind of work you do?
- Yes he does, because he's gaining a lot of experience from it.

14. How has having an intern helped your company or organization advance or progress?
- "Having an intern has helped our organization/community grow more.For instance,the intern provides us with more satisfying results in outreaching campaigns, and we are really amazed with the work he/she is doing."

15. What advice would you give to high school-aged interns(such as myself)getting
ready for college and then the real world?
- Advice for the intern: "Read more quality materials and build up a people network A.S.A.P.