Interviewing

The Basics of Features and Interviewing
Students will learn about feature writing, the personality profile, and interview skills.

Car Raid
This lesson uses a very creative approach to teach students interviewing basics and the importance of preparing for an interview.

Effective Interviewing
Two activities to help students ask open-ended questions and develop meaningful conversations, distinguish useful information from excess data, and grow more comfortable approaching strangers and asking questions.

Generating Open-ended Interview Questions
Student develop solid, open-ended questions based on subject they are interviewing.

Interview Scenario
"Students create open-ended questions, conduct a good interview, listen carefully to others, and write a good solid news story."

Some Do's and Dont's in Interviewing
These interviewing suggestions are designed for studio interviews but many are also valuable tips for beginning journalists.

Some General Rules of Interviewing
The bullet items at the top of this page apply to everyone. The concerns raised at the bottom apply only in specific situations.

Striving for Success: Exploring Talent Through the Eyes of Journalists
Students explore their own talents and create interview questions for a peer involved in a particular extracurricular activity. They then write newspaper articles based on the interviews.