Interviewing

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Interviewing

• Conducting the Interview
• and Putting It Together

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Interview Object Activity

• Take out an object and a sheet of paper.
• Write 5 REALLY GOOD interview questions you could
  ask your object.
• DO NOT answer the questions (that would be
  weird)just write them
• As we discuss Interviewing, you will be checking
  these questions to determine if they are good
  interview questions

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Interview

• Formal conversation between a reporter and a
  source

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Human Element

• quotations and personal interpretations gathered
  in an interview that make stories interesting to
  readers and viewers

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Quotation

• the exact words spoken by a source and cited as
  such in a media story
• Use open-ended questions

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Primary Sources

• Person or document essential to the meaning of a
  story
• Every story has at least 1 primary source
• Some stories will have several

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Primary Source

• So, youre writing a story about your object
  (not really, but pretend you are)
• What would your PRIMARY source for the story be?
• Your OBJECT
• On your paper, write Primary (Object)
• Example Primary iPhone 5

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Secondary Sources

• Person or doc that adds info and interest to a
  story but is not essential to it
• Sources can be people or physical sources like
  books, surveys, budgets, etc.

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Secondary Source

• Now that your primary source (your object) has
  spent some time in your bookbag or purse today,
  what is a secondary source you could use to find
  out more information about your object? (Source
  could also be at home)
• On your paper, write Secondary (Object)
• Example Secondary earbuds

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Researching

• 1st Find out who/what are primary sources
• 2nd Make a list of sources
• 3rd Do as much research online, in library, etc.
  as possible to prepare for interview
• You never want to ask questions in an interview
  that you could answer with research

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Research

• Gather enough background info in your research to
  write questions that will add valuable info to
  your story
• Youll get better quotes this way too

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Could you have researched?

• Look over your list of questions
• Are any of your questions something that you
  could have answered if you had done a little
  research?
• Put a star by any question you could have
  answered with research

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Preparing Questions

• Use the 5Ws and H to organize your questions
• Generate a list of as many questions as you can
  possibly think of
• Multiple Who? and What?

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Open-Ended Questions

• Open-ended questions ask for an opinion or
  interpretation from your source.
• They require your source to expand on basic info.
• Its all in the follow through
• Follow-up with questions like Why?

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Yes-No Questions

• Not good to ask in an interview
• Generate only yes-no answersthis gives you
  nothing as the reporter
• Yes-No Open-Ended
• Did you sign the bill? Why did you sign the
  bill?

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Were your questions open or closed?

• Look over your questions
• Underline any questions that would have resulted
  in a yes or no answer
• Underline any questions that would have resulted
  in a ONE WORD answer
• Believe it or not, those are also closed
  questions

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Interviewing 101

• Before good research, prepare good questions
• During use a tape recorder (w/permission), but
  do not rely on itTAKE GOOD NOTES (abbreviate)
• End confirm spelling of name, title.

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Interviewing 101

• End confirm where you can reach them and when if
  you have ???
• Who else can I talk to about this?
• Why is that person a good source?
• After write up your notes ASAP
• Be thorough and date them
• Keep them on file

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Interviewing 101

• Be a good observer record details about
• surroundings (clean desk, travel pictures)
• mannerisms (talk w/hands, smiling, frowning)

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1) Review and Modify Questions

• Look over questions
• Questions marked with a (star) are those that
  could have been answered with research
• Next to the question write where you could have
  found this info
• AVOID search engines (No Google, Bing, etc)

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2) Review and Modify Questions

• Underlined questions indicated those that were
  closed questions
• Rewrite those into OPEN-ENDED questions
• Example Do you like sitting on my desk?
• Rewritten How do enjoy spending your time?

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3) Review and Modify Questions

• Choose one question that you believe would have
  generated a FOLLOW-UP question
• Write a follow-up question
• Example How do enjoy spending your time?
• Follow-up What is it about surfing the internet
  that you enjoy
• Hint This question will require you to think a
  bit about what the answer would be to the first
  question

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Supporting Info

• Write one question you could ask of your
  SECONDARY SOURCE
• Example (Earbuds) What is your favorite song to
  listen to?
• Dont forget the rules of questions
• Open-ended
• Should draw an opinion of some sort

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HOMEWORK

• On a separate sheet of paper, write the
  following
• Your name
• Grade
• Age
• Schedule
• Extra Curricular Activities
• Tomorrow we conduct classmate interviews, you
  will be partnered with someone