As I was reading Chapter five in Feature Writing, an example of an interviewing process caught my attention. The first thing that surprised me was the fact that people who write for newspapers sometimes have to think of a topic they want to write about and then go find the perfect person to interview and tell a story. I always thought that they first heard of an intriguing story and then took action on getting an interview with the person who was getiing attention. Now that our class is doing a piece where we have to think of something that we are interested in and then go find a person that fits the profile to interview, this concept is easier to understand.
   
The example that caught my eye was one that a woman named Isabel Wilkerson from The New York Times had done research on. She wanted to write a piece on ten children growing up in extremely difficult environments. To find the perfect candidates she thought it would be best to look in places where parents would be trying to pick themselves back up on their feet, such as night classes. She found the perfect child by complete luck because the mother had walked in late after Isabel had already announced her purpose, but as the sheet to sign came around to the woman that was late, she asked what it was for. Another student said that you have to sign it if you have a child between the ages of 9 and 12, so the woman signed it. It was interesting to me how close Isabel was to missing the perfect chance for her piece. This example also shows how much dedicatin Isabel put into her piece because of al the places she went to just to find the right kind of people to interview.