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Interview Strategies

Interview Strategies. Live Interviews . Happen during a live newscast (often during breaking news) or live event Sometimes happen over the phone (a phoner ) Time is at a premium: Get in, get out These are difficult to do well These take a lot of practice and skill. Taped Interviews.

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Interview Strategies

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  1. Interview Strategies

  2. Live Interviews • Happen during a live newscast (often during breaking news) or live event • Sometimes happen over the phone (a phoner) • Time is at a premium: Get in, get out • These are difficult to do well • These take a lot of practice and skill

  3. Taped Interviews • This is the type of interview you will conduct • More relaxed than live interviews • You will pick which answers make your story • You can ask questions again if the answer was unclear • The goal – ALWAYS - is to get usable soundbites

  4. Things to Consider • Location • Lighting, background, noise • It’s typically easier to shoot outside, but these criteria may sometimes force you inside • The Situation • Is it breaking news? You’re not getting a sit down • Is it MOS? • Is it a serious piece?

  5. How to Interview • Help put your interviewee at ease • Talk a bit before hand, but not too much • Give them a general sense of what you’ll talk about without exact questions • Explain the process • Ask open-ended questions • Listen, listen, listen • Shut up

  6. How to Interview “Do your best to put that person in a position where he feels at ease. For example, I was attempting to interview a dog trainer who had a great personality when teaching his classes or being around dogs. When we sat him down for a face-to-face interview, he shut down completely. After the third question, we quit and asked him to get a dog that he’d been training. We did the interview while he was handling a dog and suddenly his personality returned. We put him back in an element he was used to and it worked.” -- Sean Kelly, WCVB

  7. How to Interview • Treat an interview like a date • You don’t rush in for the kiss right away, right? • Make chit chat • Make the interviewee feel like they’re talking to a friend • Helps calm your own nerves

  8. Listening During an Interview

  9. Listening During an Interview • Obvious folo-up questions • Confusing answers • Avoidance of questions • Better answers • When you’re distracted, the person you’re talking to is distracted • You’ll soon begin to recognize usable soundbites as soon as you hear them

  10. One Final Thing • Remain open to the unexpected • Always ask if there’s anything you didn’t ask that they want to add “Occasionally people give me a rather perplexed look, but for each person who does that there are five others who were just itching to say something in particular. Some of the best soundbites I get have come from just letting people spout off.” -- Beth Parker, WTTG

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