journalistic interview
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WEST BENGAL STATE UNIVERSITY Department of Journalism & Mass Communication
Journalistic Interview
Presented by:Akash Kumar Dey
Why is Interviewing regarded as an integral part of journalism?
Interviews provide more than just additional voices; they provide facts, expertise, balance, depth and credibility.
“You couldn’t work as a journalist, if you were not able to do an interview.” - Nils Mulvad, Editor at Kaas & Mulvad and associate professor at The Danish School of Media and Journalism.
Principles of Interview
4. Clarify5. Be Respectful
6. Get comfortable
1. Research
2. Listen3. Avoid leading
questions
Interview Planning : A step by step guide
1. Define Goal
2. Analyse subject
3. Build a rapport
4. Prepare topics
5. Choose structurea) Highlyb) Nonec) Moderate
6. List questionnaire
7. Arrange setting
8. Conduct interview
DOs & DONTs of an Interview
THE DOs
1. Greet & Introduce2. State purpose3. Estimate length4. Start with an open ended question 5. Provide ample time6. Pay attention7. Clarify everything8. Logical flow of questions 9. Remember key questions
10. Make eye contact, nod, grunt periodically 11. Ask treading water questions12. Change conversational pace13. Read back14. Abide by request of non-attribution15. Remember the two “P”s of interviewing i.e. preparation & persistence16. Say thanks in the end
DOs & DONTs of an Interview
THE DON’Ts
1. No irrelevant questions
2. Don’t be afraid of naive questions
3. Do not end the interview till you have the basics
4. Do not be insensitive 5. Do not interrupt
6. Do not argue
7. Don’t give up on “no comments”
8. Do not close the notebook or stop rolling the camera/recorder till the very end
INDEX
1. http://www.kcnn.org/interviewing (web cached)
2. http://photographytraining.tpub.com/14129/css/14129_124.htm
3. http://www.columbia.edu/itc/journalism/isaacs/edit/MencherIntv1.html
“Interviewing is the modest immediate science of gaining trust, then gaining information.”
-John Brady in “The Craft of Interviewing.”
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