How to gain an edge as a professional journalist
If you are a beginner or intermediate journalist who seeks to master interviewing and keeping editors happy, this is the course for you. The course provides you with the practical steps to take, including secrets of successful interviewing, and also – importantly – what to avoid. Whether you are new to journalism or a seasoned reporter who wants to improve their work, Journalist’s Secrets of Good Interviewing provides you with what you need.
What you’ll learn
- Learn the secrets of good interviewing.
- Step-by-step process to have a good interview.
- Learn what not to do if you want your interview to be a success.
- How to win over editors.
Course Content
- Introduction –> 6 lectures • 27min.
- The Interviewing Process –> 14 lectures • 36min.
- Inside the Interviewing Scene –> 4 lectures • 11min.
- Summing up interviewing –> 1 lecture • 5min.
- Extra Lessons –> 3 lectures • 6min.
Requirements
If you are a beginner or intermediate journalist who seeks to master interviewing and keeping editors happy, this is the course for you. The course provides you with the practical steps to take, including secrets of successful interviewing, and also – importantly – what to avoid. Whether you are new to journalism or a seasoned reporter who wants to improve their work, Journalist’s Secrets of Good Interviewing provides you with what you need.
The course provides guidance on the importance of preparation, and to be careful to do before you go out into the field.
It provides a step-by-step approach with real-life examples of what to do and what not to do in an interview.
It highlights some key secrets or approaches that will give you an edge.
It offers you examples of good interviews that you can find online to study and learn from.
It helps to set you apart from other journalists and make you somebody your editor is happy to work with.
It will also suggest the right approach and behaviour that will encourage the interviewee to talk with you again in the future.
In addition, it provides some extra lessons that are pointers to help you become a successful journalist in this competitive field.