8 Interview Tips
- You need to know your material before you begin interviewing. Familiarize yourself with your tripod, lighting equipment, and sound. This is an important step in conducting a professional interview.
- Get permission to record, and then get the spelling of the name, and the title before you being interviewing. There's nothing worse than spelling someone's name wrong, and most find it unproffesional and offensive.
- Write out the questions before interviewing. This is crucial to the entire interviewing process. It helps stay organized and generate the best possible questions.
- Record the interview, but take notes, too. When producing a story, the viewers are going to want the best information possible. Taking notes ensures that.
- Definitely aviod yes/no questions. Yes or no questions make for a very boring interview and will not engage your viewers. Ask questions that will make your interviewee think.
- Save big questions for mid-to-late interview. This relates the the saying "save the best for last". you need to work yourself up to the "big" questions by starting with smaller, more general ones.
- Understand the answers. If the person that you're interviewing replies to a question in a way that you don't quite understand, then your viewers more than likely wont understand it either. Ask that person to clarify so that a better understanding is reached.
- Call back if you need more information. The more interesting information, the better the story. Don't produce anything that lacks the essential things that it needs.
Interview/ Story Idea
We want to interview people on their opinions of the effects of tanning bed use.
Q: How often, if any, do you think that a person should be allowed to use a tanning bed?
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