Covington Point Middle Branch Park. These are the two main locations that we have conducted our interviews at so far. We started in the late afternoon and finished once the sun fully set, and yet people were still showing up to fish. In the fourth week of the Workforce and Development internship I began interviewing fishers in Baltimore as part of the Alternative Urban Food Provisioning Networks (AUFPN) project. The fisher interviews are a big part of our project, so it is important that we reach our quota of 50 interviews for this summer. Critical thinking is important when conducting interviews because you want it to feel natural for the participants. Considering it was our first few attempts at interviewing people it took me a bit of adjusting to the process. A lot of people go fishing to find solitude and don’t necessarily want to get interviewed, but their experiences are invaluable to us. Thus, a good elevator pitch was essential in convincing people to help us. Then, once you ...
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