Question

Since its invention a little over 130 years ago, the interview has become a commonplace of journalism. Today, almost everybody who is literate will have read an interview at some point in their lives, while from the other point of view, several thousand celebrities have been interviewed over the years, some of them repeatedly. So it is hardly surprising that opinions of the interview — of its functions, methods and merits — vary considerably.

The interview is regarded as:

Options

• Storehouse of journalism

• Counterpace of journalism

• Commonplace of journalism

• Correspondence of journalism

Answer 1

Commonplace of journalism