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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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Interview Skills for Journalism training course

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

1

Interviews vs Conversations

How interviews and conversations differ

Developing an effective interview technique

2

Preparing for an Interview

Essential preparation

What to research and how to research it

3

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

4

The Interview Arc

What is the interview arc and how does it function?

Staying focused during an interview

5

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

6

Transcribing

Notes or recording?

Organising your interview notes - what to use and what to throw away

7

Using Quotes

How to obtain quotes from an interview effectively and ethically

On or off the record?

Legal implications

8

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

107 Reviews
9.5/10 Satisfaction
98.1% Recommend

The trainer was absolutely brilliant. The course was relevant, useful and challenging in all the right ways. I'll recommend it to my other…

Leon – 3 February 2026

Small groups worked well - it was a very collaborative group and we learned from each other

Tony – 25 September 2025

Easy to book - easy joining info- great trainers.

Celi – 15 January 2025

Piers was a wonderful teacher and I thoroughly enjoyed this course! The format was perfect, with a lot of takeaways and real life applicati…

Clémence – 15 January 2025

I was made to feel really comfortable and welcome, the joining instructions were really clear and put me at ease.

Emma – 24 October 2024

Everything was great, great course, felt like I've gained a lot of useful knowledge and confidence!

Matt – 24 October 2024

The course with Helen was excellent, engaging, informative, staff were friendly and it's a lovely space to be in.

Anna – 24 October 2024

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…

Katie – 23 October 2024

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