On the 2nd of November, 2019 ,I went to the protest despite of the weather because it is very serious situation at the moment in Dublin. When I arrived there, the people were slowly gathering for the protest at General Post Office. They were from the People from Profit party, locals , a news reporter, a member of city councilor as well as students who document the protest for their studies. The protest was especially targeted to the bystanders and the youths. They wanted to make people aware. There was a news reporter named Tom Douglas from the radio station called Dublin’s Q102 FM. He was covering the news by pre-recording the interviews of the protesters. It was for a news bulletin. I interviewed the protesters who are the member of the People from Profit party in which he said that they are there because of what the financial Minister said and put forward; joining this protest is the way to show the disapproval of the Minister’s words. I interviewed the city councilor who is extremely supportive. She marched all the way till the end in the rain. She was generous enough to speak her opinion about the homeless crisis. I learnt the condition of the homeless crisis is huge than what I thought. Despite of the Ireland being considered as a develop country; there are a huge problem of housing and homeless.
I got this opportunity to learn about the ethic of Journalism by observing a professional journalist on how to take an interview. However, I didn’t got the opportunity to interview more people as they were in rush with the protest due to bad weather. In spite of that, I have to keep in mind that weather will always be challenging for a journalist because I found difficult to keep up with them during the march on the street and I was all wet. But, my persistent and determination for a news report. In terms of writing this report, headline is one which took much time to create one. It was not easy to remember all the details of interviews vividly. So, I pre-recorded the interview so it will be easy be to write on my report. Overall, I got an amazing experience of being in action as a Journalist.
Sukrity Sharma 