{"id":737,"date":"2018-02-09T22:11:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T22:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/training.wkustudentpubs.com\/?page_id=737"},"modified":"2018-02-14T22:13:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T22:13:59","slug":"interviewing-tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/training.wkustudentpubs.com\/index.php\/news\/interviewing-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Interviewing Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Interviews come in all shapes, sizes<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Long, formal<\/li>\n<li>Quick phone<\/li>\n<li>Walkaround<\/li>\n<li>On-the-fly chat<\/li>\n<li>Backgrounder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Interview pros and cons<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3>In-person interviews<\/h3>\n<h4>ADVANTAGES<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Best way to build rapport<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Physical surroundings can provide useful data<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>People take you more seriously when you are in front of them<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>DISADVANTAGES<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Wastes time traveling and waiting<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Distractions can interrupt interview<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>If you are uncomfortable,\u00a0 it becomes obvious<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Phone interviews<\/h3>\n<h4>ADVANTAGES<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Fast and efficient<br \/>\n<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Less intimidating<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Cell phones allow interviews to take place anywhere at any time<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>DISADVANTAGES<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Impersonal<br \/>\n<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Difficult (and sometimes illegal) to record<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>More likely to mishear or misquote someone<br \/>\n<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>E-mail interviews<\/h4>\n<h4>ADVANTAGES<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Gives interviewees time to construct responses<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Offers the most flexibility<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Typed responses easy to copy and paste; provide record of what was said<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>DISADVANTAGES<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>No personal interaction<br \/>\n<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Lagtime<\/b><b> between questions and answers<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Are you sure the person is who he\/she claims to be?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Tips for successful interviews<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Setting up the interview:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Do your homework.<\/li>\n<li>Think through story.<\/li>\n<li>Determine best way to interview.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Set up interview.<\/p>\n<p>Decide where and when to meet.<\/p>\n<p>Ask if photos will be allowed.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Preparing for the interview:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Continue research.<\/li>\n<li>Organize questions.<\/li>\n<li>Prioritize.<\/li>\n<li>Rehearse the interview.<\/li>\n<li>Arrive on time.<\/li>\n<li>Dress appropriately.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>During the interview:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Relax.<\/li>\n<li>Be in charge.<\/li>\n<li>Start with basics.<\/li>\n<li>Budget time.<\/li>\n<li>Begin with softballs.<\/li>\n<li>Focus\u00a0questions.<\/li>\n<li>Keep it simple.<\/li>\n<li>Limit \u201cyes\/no\u201d questions.<\/li>\n<li>Get every question answered.<\/li>\n<li>Ask follow-up questions.<\/li>\n<li>Stay flexible.<\/li>\n<li>Ask people to slow down.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t worry about asking a dumb question.<\/li>\n<li>Look around.<\/li>\n<li>Use reassuring body language.<\/li>\n<li>Use silence.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t interrupt.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t take sides.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>After the interview:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Review notes with interviewee.<\/li>\n<li>Ask who else you should contact?<\/li>\n<li>Ask permission to call later.<\/li>\n<li>Ask interviewees to call you.<\/li>\n<li>Say, \u201cThank you.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Review notes again privately.<\/li>\n<li>Check back with sources after story runs.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWere there any questions I should have asked?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>The Q&amp;A:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>As an alternative, run the interview as a Q&amp;A.<\/li>\n<li>Let\u2019s readers feel they are eavesdropping.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Strive for racial and gender balance<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Connect with <i>all<\/i> your readers.<\/li>\n<li>Vary ages, genders, races and lifestyles of people you interview.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>On the record. Off the record.<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>On the record:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Information can be printed.<\/li>\n<li>Source can be identified.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Off the record:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Information cannot be printed in any form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>On background:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Information can be used.<\/li>\n<li>Source cannot be identified by name.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Deep background:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Information can be used.<\/li>\n<li>Source cannot be revealed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>One-on-one is not the only option<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Many interviewers, one interviewee<\/li>\n<li>Many interviewers, many interviewees<\/li>\n<li>One interviewer, many interviewees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Quotations<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><b>Real words give stories personality<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>But be careful.<\/li>\n<li>People lie.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0Exaggerate<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0Fudge facts<\/li>\n<li>People yammer.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0And stammer<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0And ramble<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>How to use quotes in a story<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Direct quote<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0Use when speaker\u2019s entire sentence presents ideas in relevant, concise way.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0Partial quote<\/li>\n<li>Use when quote is too long or awkward.<\/li>\n<li>Paraphrase<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0Use to rephrase a source\u2019s ideas in a clear, concise way.<\/li>\n<li>Dialogue<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0Use to capture conversations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Problems to avoid<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Dull, obvious quotes<\/li>\n<li>Rehash the quote<\/li>\n<li>Using quote as lead<\/li>\n<li>Read minds<\/li>\n<li>Create monologues<\/li>\n<li>Mimic dialects<\/li>\n<li>Repeat foul language<\/li>\n<li>Distort quote\u2019s meaning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Punctuation advice for quotes<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Double quotation marks<\/li>\n<li>Single quotation marks<\/li>\n<li>Periods, commas<\/li>\n<li>Colons, semicolons and dashes<\/li>\n<li>Question marks<\/li>\n<li>Ellipses<\/li>\n<li>Parentheses<\/li>\n<li>Capital letters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Attributions<\/h3>\n<h4><b>Nine guidelines for wording and positioning attributions<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Use full name first time.<\/li>\n<li>Put nouns before verbs.<\/li>\n<li>Attribution follows quote when quote is one sentence.<\/li>\n<li>Attribution at end of first sentence if multi-sentence quote.<\/li>\n<li>Can start quote with attribution.<\/li>\n<li>Can set up long quotes with attribution followed by colon.<\/li>\n<li>Insert attributions in quotes in logical spots.<\/li>\n<li>Only one attribution needed.<\/li>\n<li>Begin a new paragraph when you change speakers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Should it be <\/b><b><i>said<\/i><\/b><b> or <\/b><b><i>says?<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Present tense appropriate for:<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Reviews that describe music or drama as if it\u2019s happening now.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Feature stories.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Broadcast newswriting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interviews come in all shapes, sizes Long, formal Quick phone Walkaround On-the-fly chat Backgrounder Interview pros and cons In-person interviews ADVANTAGES Best way to build rapport Physical surroundings can provide useful data People take you more seriously when you are in front of them DISADVANTAGES Wastes time traveling and waiting Distractions can interrupt interview If&hellip; 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