Describe the reporting and interviewing techniques used by Kirk Semple in this story.

In the article, “Tourists Have Landed in Queens. They’re Staying,” Kirk Semple uses distinct reporting and interviewing techniques. Semple immediately provides the readers with the proper background information that surprisingly Queens has been named the number one destination spot in 2015. He admits that this information is shocking to him just like it will be to the readers. Like any good reporter should do, he incorporates a variety of quotes from different people ranging from professionals in marketing to tourists themselves. Semple quotes Rob MacKay, director of public relations for the Queens Economic Development Corporation, who says that Queens is a place people are happy to visit. Semple takes this quote and supports it with data that proves there is an increase in visitors. He also shows a tourist’s excitement to visit a cafe however, he fails to incorporate residents’ views. Semple gives his readers examples of some cultural institutions, sports arenas, and hotels that are attracting a lot of tourists. Lastly, he makes sure to include that although there are attempts to make Queens hip it will never be like New York. He ends the article in a rather funny way with a conversation with two women who were confused and didn’t really hear much about Queens. This gives the readers both sides of the story–how great Queens can be and why it’s not known.