Interview Skills for Journalism Course
Learn how to conduct interesting, informative and revealing interviews that get to the heart of a story.
Perfect for journalists, writers, marketers and researchers.
Learn how to conduct interesting, informative and revealing interviews that get to the heart of a story. Perfect for journalists, writers, marketers and researchers.
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Expert Trainers Experienced industry expert
- Class Size 1–8 in person or 1–6 online
- Support 28 days free helpdesk
- Cancellation 7 day cancellation
- Certificate Certificate of attendance
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Interview Skills for Journalism Course
This course is designed to provide you with the essential skills for conducting effective and revealing interviews.
You will learn how to gather accurate, interesting and useful information from your subjects through a combination of sound preparation, good interview techniques and excellent listening skills.
You will also learn how to get great quotes from your interviewees.
Our experts will help you understand how the interview process works and will give you the skills and confidence to adapt your interview style for different situations and subjects.
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Course Outline
Interviews vs Conversations
How interviews and conversations differ
Developing an effective interview technique
Preparing for an Interview
Essential preparation
What to research and how to research it
Discovering the Angle
Choosing an angle for the interview
Establishing credibility and building rapport
Structuring your questions
Maintaining the angle
Using body language during the interview
The Interview Arc
What is the interview arc and how does it function?
Staying focused during an interview
Different Types of Interviewing Techniques
Phone, email and face to face
Advantages and disadvantages of each
Adapting your interview style for each medium
Avoiding closed answers
Transcribing
Notes or recording?
Organising your interview notes - what to use and what to throw away
Using Quotes
How to obtain quotes from an interview effectively and ethically
On or off the record?
Legal implications
The Difficult Interview
How to deal with reluctant or difficult interviewees
Getting the maximum from minimum time
Using the Q&A profile structure
Keeping them talking right to the end
Who is this course for?
The trainer was absolutely brilliant. The course was relevant, useful and challenging in all the right ways. I'll recommend it to my other…
Small groups worked well - it was a very collaborative group and we learned from each other
Easy to book - easy joining info- great trainers.
Piers was a wonderful teacher and I thoroughly enjoyed this course! The format was perfect, with a lot of takeaways and real life applicati…
I was made to feel really comfortable and welcome, the joining instructions were really clear and put me at ease.
Everything was great, great course, felt like I've gained a lot of useful knowledge and confidence!
The course with Helen was excellent, engaging, informative, staff were friendly and it's a lovely space to be in.
Having that opportunity to interview was very good for me to practice, and to highlight areas I need to work on. Also the teacher was inter…
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