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Writing The Interview

This document provides guidance on conducting effective interviews. It defines different types of interviews, including informative interviews to obtain new information, opinion interviews to gather perspectives, and feature interviews that can take the form of an inquiring reporter or symposium. For each type, it gives examples of appropriate questions. The document stresses the importance of preparation, making appointments, being respectful to interviewees, and taking clear notes. The goal is to obtain accurate and useful information through a professional interview process.

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Writing The Interview

This document provides guidance on conducting effective interviews. It defines different types of interviews, including informative interviews to obtain new information, opinion interviews to gather perspectives, and feature interviews that can take the form of an inquiring reporter or symposium. For each type, it gives examples of appropriate questions. The document stresses the importance of preparation, making appointments, being respectful to interviewees, and taking clear notes. The goal is to obtain accurate and useful information through a professional interview process.

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WRITING THE INTERVIEW

PREPARED BY: SIR. GREG


INTERVIEW DEFINED

• An interview is an art of asking questions


to obtain information. but technically
speaking, it is asking questions to obtain
opinions, ideas, or special information on
topics of interest to the general public
from a prominent person or from a
recognized authority.
KINDS OF INTERVIEW

• INFORMATIVE
• OPINION
• FEATURE
• GROUP
• SYMPOSIUM
INFORMATIVE INTERVIEW

• is conducted to obtain some information from a person


responsible for a new idea. he may have made news or
participated in a news event like witnessing an airplane
crash or discovering a new cure for cholera.
example of informative questions
OPINION INTERVIEW

• is conducted to obtain opinion. what does the source


think, for example, of the proposed autonomous form of
government, or of the Revolutionary
example of opinion interview questions:
FEATURE INTERVIEW

• is the group interview of which there are 2 types : 1.


inquiring reporter type & 2. symposium type .
• inquiring reporter type- the reporter asks the same
question from interviewees he selects at random.
• symposium type- the reporter asks one question or
related questions from specialists in a given field.
example of feature interview
example of inquiring reporter type questions:
example of symposium type questions:
THE EASY METHOD

• interviewing is not just a matter of hoping for the best.


• The reporter should have some advance preparations. it
would be unethical and unprofessional for him to rush into
an office brandishing a notebook in the air without first
making an appointment in advance . he should arrange
the time and the place convenient to the interviewee.
Do’s and Don’ts in Conducting an Interview
• A. Do’s
• 1. Know your subject thouroughly and jot down exactly
what questions you want to clarified.
• 2. know your interviewee--his habits, strenghts, opinion
on the topic, achievements, even weaknesses.
• 3. make an appointment and be there ahead on time.
• 4. introduce yourself again even if you have an
appointment.
• 5.offer to show him/her your write up before it’s
publication.
• 6. Respect “off record” comments.
Don’ts

• 1. Never demand. Request and say “Thank you”


• 2.Don’t react unfavorably to whatever he is saying.
• 3. Don’t hesitate to request repitition or clarification of
anything not fully understood.
• 4. Don’t take down everything; abbreviate long words and
use only key words.
• 5.Don’t soverstay.
• 6. Don’t potpone writing your notes. Do as soon as you
get out of the interview room.
ACTIVITY 1
– Interview one of the members of the faculty on a topic agreed
upon by the class. Present all the facts gathered and let the
class select what should go into the story and what should be
eliminated.
ASSIGNMENT

• What are the Parts of a Campus Newspaper and their


meaning? (Search it on the internet and copy on your
paper)
•THANK YOU!

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