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Gathering Interview Information

Gathering Interview Information. 30-10-3 theory. You need to ask 30 questions to get 10 good answers to get three quotable quotes. Asking Questions. The best place to start is with the five w ’ s and the H : who, what, when, where, why and how. Asking Questions.

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Gathering Interview Information

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  1. Gathering Interview Information

  2. 30-10-3 theory • You need to ask 30 questions to get 10 good answers to get three quotable quotes

  3. Asking Questions • The best place to start is with the five w’s and the H: who, what, when, where, why and how

  4. Asking Questions • Avoid leading questions that limit the interviewee’s responses • Do not ask: What did you like about the dance? (Maybe they didn’t like the dance.) Instead, ask: What did you think about the dance. (This allows for more responses and does not assume or lead to a response.)

  5. Asking Questions • Avoid closed questions that lead to one-word or yes/no answers. These discourage further response and make it difficult to get direct quotes. • Starting with “do/did you,”“is/was there” and or giving a choice between two things will lead to a closed question. Always try to start questions with “why, how or what.”

  6. Asking Questions • Allow person to expand on answer or ask follow-up questions to get a better response.

  7. What to Quote • Use a person’s exact words in quotation marks.

  8. What to Quote • Do not quote facts • Example: “The dance was on Friday,” Jones said.

  9. What to Quote • Should be unique to that person and his/her feelings. If anyone could say it, it is NOT quote worthy.

  10. This one? • “The dance was fun.”

  11. Or this one? • “The best part of the dance was when we all took off our uncomfortable shoes, threw them in a pile and started dancing barefoot,” Senior Amy Glenn said. “I never got one shoe back, but it was worth it.”

  12. Interview Tips

  13. Tip #1 • Be prepared with paper and a couple of writing instruments. It is unprofessional to ask for these things.

  14. Tip #2 • Use shorthand. • The standard method is to drop vowels, articles (a, an, the) and prepositions. • Rn Spn flls mnly pln = The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. • Develop your own shorthand for commonly used words. • b/w = between, b/c = because, w/ = with

  15. Tip #3 • Put a “Q,” quote marks or other symbols to indicate direct quotes.

  16. Tip #4 • Paraphrase a lot and wait for the good quotes to use as direct quotes.

  17. Tip #5 • Take notes about surroundings, appearances and mannerisms.

  18. Tip #6 • Keep what you are writing out of the interviewee’s line of sight, otherwise he/she will be distracted and unconsciously try to read what you are writing.

  19. Tip #7 • If you get behind, politely ask the interviewee to slow down or wait until you can catch up.

  20. Tip #8 • Never rely solely on tape recorders. They can malfunction and should be used only as a back up, for proof or for clarification.

  21. Inside Reporting • Turn to page 74 of Inside Reporting to discuss taking notes

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