Interviewing Skills for Journalists

1 Day

What you will learn:

This course is for anyone who
undertakes interviews, whether face-to-face, on mobile,
on Skype or on the telephone, and take notes at the same
time. Suitable for anyone in journalism or PR, government
or internal communications. The session incudes confidence
building exercises with videoed practice interviews and
individual feedback.

Workshop content includes:

• Research and interview preparation
• Establishing credibility and building rapport
• How to structure your questions
• Techniques for face-to-face, online
and telephone interviewing
• Note-taking — managing without
shorthand
• Handling difficult or reluctant people — and getting them
on your side
• The role of body language
• On or off the record?
Not for: Those with more than two years’ interviewing experience

Digital Highlights

• Using skype for interviews