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.

Types of Journalistic Interview

News gathering interview Reaction interview

Expert interview

Types of Journalistic Interview

Q & A interview In-depth interview

Confirmation interview

Types of Journalistic Interview

Person-on-the-street Ambush interview

Talk show

Types of Journalistic Interview

Accident or Incident interview Remote interview

Edited

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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