Newspaper Columnist Mock Interview

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Question 8 of 27

How do you plan on getting readers to read your column each week?

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Christina Erne
Christina Erne

Christina Erne is a meteorologist and a journalist at News 10, Albany's ABC/FOX affiliate.

The candidate should talk about how they will draw in readers, from marketing, to talking about their upcoming column on social media, to keeping their writing interesting and consistent. The hiring manager wants to pick someone who the public will be interested in following, and the candidate should have some ideas of how they plan on interesting the local audience.

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