Week 6 initial post

This week we are focusing on the important things to remember when conducting interviews. According to an article on Matador Network the most important thing to remember is to find a good location (Stuteville, 2013). Their example was to avoid Starbucks (pretty easy here). Find a place where the person being interviewed feels the most comfortable and will feel better about giving honest responses. Another important thing to remember is to write down the questions you want to ask. This article suggested you bring in twice as many questions as you expect to ask. This will help with your confidence as an interviewer and you never know what questions will get and answers you were looking for. 

As stated by an article from Scholastics.com the first step to a successful interview is to research the interview will be about. This will help form questions that will lead to the necessary information. This also shows the person being interviewed that you came prepared and took the time to learn more about what you will be talking about. Another suggestion from this website is to bring a recording device. I can see this being a very important part of an interview because it allows you to go back and listen to a certain part again if anything thing was missed. 

This is the infographic I created this week. I thought it was a very fun activity because it made it easy to organize a lot of facts that were listed in may places. I like how they are now all organized in one easy to find place. 

Resources

How to Conduct a Journalistic Interview. (n.d.). Retrieved October 19. 2017, from https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/how-conduct-journalistic-interview/

Remind. (n.d.). Retrieved October 19, 2017, from http://www.remind.com

Stuteville, S. (2013, April 26). 13 Simple Journalist Techniques for Effective Interviews. Retrieved October 19, 2017, from https://matadornetwork.com/bnt/13-simple-journalist-techniques-for-effective-interviews.