As a Reporter

It is a career with many challenges and rewards. Journalists must:

        Have an interest in the world around them.
        Love language.
        Have an alert and ordered mind.
        Be able to approach and question people.
        Be polite but persistent.
        Be friendly and reliable.

Friendliness

You need to be able to get on well with all sorts of people. You cannot pick and choose who to interview in the same way as you choose who to have as a friend. You must be friendly to all, even those people you dislike. You can, of course, be friendly to someone without being their friend. If you are friendly to everyone, you will also be fair with everyone.

(Copying from an online article that interests me)