Interviewing

An interview is when an interviewer asks someone questions in order to gain information. Journalistic interviews are different from regular ones. One reason, is that you need to write things down, and you don't always have a specific purpose. The interview must be formed into something that people will read.

Before an interview, you must find a good place to interview people. You need to reasearch the topics you will be talking about. Practice makes perfect for interview questions. You also have to figure out some questions before hand. During the interview, try to be polite, respectful, and honest, Ask good, open questions that are out of the ordinary. Try to make the interview feel like a typical conversation. Let them talk about the things they like, and ask their own questions. Afterwards, review everything to make sure you have the information you need. Make important things and less important things so it will be easy to put the inverted pyramid format.

Putting information from an interview into an article isn't too hard. You can write it in script format, telling what you said and the interviewee said. You can look in books with interviews and copy how they do it. Everyone should know the stuff in this post because it is very basic. What do you think? That we could have gotten all technical? We only had under an hour! So, tell everybody that this site has awesome interviewing tips!

References:

1. "13 Simple Journalist Techniques for Effective Interviews." Matador Network. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Sept. 2012. http://matadornetwork.com/bnt/13-simple-journalist-techniques-for-effective-interviews/.

2. "30 Tips on How to Interview Like a Journalist." 30 Tips on How to Interview Like a Journalist. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Sept. 2012. http://www.sparkminute.com/2011/11/07/30-tips-on-how-to-interview-like-a-journalist/.

3. "The Bulldog Bulletin Introduction to Journalism." The Bulldog Bulletin Introduction to Journalism. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Sept. 2012. http://www.tmsjournalism.blogspot.com/.