"In common parlance, the word 'interview' refers to a one-on-one conversation between an interviewer and an interviewee."
Interviewing techniques help journalists to get the information they need to write their story, including how to build rapport with sources, ask the right questions, and handle difficult situations.
Types of interviews: Understanding the different types of interviews, such as news interviews, feature interviews, opinion interviews, and investigative interviews.
Interview preparation: How to prepare for an interview by researching the interviewee, developing questions, and identifying the key themes you wish to address.
Interview techniques: Learning how to ask open-ended questions, use follow-up questions, manage interviewees who are difficult to engage with, and handle sensitive topics.
Interview modes: Understanding the different ways in which an interview can be conducted, such as face-to-face, telephone, email, or video conference interviews.
Interview recording: Being familiar with different recording devices, techniques and managing the audio quality during the interview.
Ethics: Understanding the ethical considerations involved in conducting an interview, such as respect for privacy and ensuring accuracy.
Analyzing responses: How to analyze responses to interview questions and interpret any verbal or nonverbal cues given by the interviewee.
Transcription: Understanding the importance of transcription and how to accurately transcribe interviews.
Editing and post-production: Understanding the process of editing and post-production, including selecting useful quotes.
Using quotes: Learning how to use quotes in written or digital content, such as newspapers or online content.
Interviewing as a journalist or podcaster: Understanding the differences, similarities and the unique nuances of interviewing in different forms of media.
Building rapport: Important techniques to ensure the interviewee feels comfortable, building rapport in the process, and taking charge of the trajectory of the interview.
Tips for Improvement: Knowing how to continually improve your interviewing skills, by learning from mistakes and feedback.
Interviewing equipment: Understanding different camera types, microphones, recorders and the pros and cons for each equipment.
Navigating conflicting opinions: How to handle confrontational situations and manage multiple viewpoints.
Research: Knowing how to research a topic before an interview and ensuring the authenticity of the interviewee.
Practical exercises: Hands-on exercises to help you develop interviewing skills, practice creating open-ended questions or handling difficult interviews.
Different angles of an interview: Learning how to focus on different aspects of the interview, such as human-interest stories or current events.
Understanding the interviewees perspective: Knowing how to understand the perspective of the interviewee and relate to them.
Listening skills: Knowing how to truly listen to the interviewee and not just hear but interpret gut feelings and body language as necessary.
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"The interviewer asks questions to which the interviewee responds, usually providing information."
"A job interview or interview with a witness to an event may have no other audience present at the time, but the answers will be later provided to others in the employment or investigative process."
"An interview may also transfer information in both directions."
"Interviews usually take place face-to-face, in person."
"Interviews may be separated geographically, as in videoconferencing or telephone interviews."
"Interviews almost always involve spoken conversation between two or more parties."
"In some instances, a 'conversation' can happen between two persons who type their questions and answers."
"Interviews can be unstructured, free-wheeling and open-ended conversations without predetermined plan or prearranged questions."
"One form of unstructured interview is a focused interview in which the interviewer consciously and consistently guides the conversation so that the interviewee's responses do not stray from the main research topic or idea."
"Interviews can also be highly structured conversations in which specific questions occur in a specified order."
"They can follow diverse formats; for example, in a ladder interview, a respondent's answers typically guide subsequent interviews, with the object being to explore a respondent's subconscious motives."
"Typically, the interviewer has some way of recording the information that is gleaned from the interviewee, often by keeping notes with a pencil and paper, or with a video or audio recorder."
"The traditionally two-person interview format, sometimes called a one-on-one interview, permits direct questions and follow-ups, which enables an interviewer to better gauge the accuracy and relevance of responses."
"It is a flexible arrangement in the sense that subsequent questions can be tailored to clarify earlier answers."
"Further, it eliminates possible distortion due to other parties being present."