O desafio de entrevistar acadêmicos: o relacionamento entre fontes e jornalistas em uma universidade pública

Abstract

The Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte is important in the local context because it has the largest number of researchers and scientists. Thus, we discuss the relationship of these sources with journalists. After a literature review, a questionnaire was applied as a data collection instrument. The research universe is composed of 74 journalists from four journalistic companies in the capital of RN. The study resulted in a mapping of the main characteristics, gaps and potentialities of these sources, according to the optics of the respondents. The results indicate that the use of technical language and lack of knowledge of journalistic routines are attitudes that disturb the interviewer / interviewee relationship.