- Choose at least 3 interviewees
- Schedule interviews (24+ hours)
- Conduct background research
- Write interview questions (10-15)
Why prepare question?
- Its your job
- 1st impression
- Nervous
- Higher quality questions
Three things you want in interview
- Anecdote
- Revealing Quote
- Portraiture
Types of questions
- Opener: Beginning question or remark; establish a rapport
- First Step: ask about the topic
- Qualifier: find out if source is qualified
- Routine factual: 5 W's & H
- Numerical: statistical information
- G-O-S-S-E-Y: a way to ask deeper questions
- Responder: Clarification
- Soliciting a quote: a specific question
- Soliciting a anecdote: prompts a short story
- Imaginative: Strays from the routine
- Grenade: difficult questions
Recover form grenade: a neutral question
Beware......
Not everyone is a good interviewee
Plan ahead
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