1. Interviewing Hints and Good Advice

2. Interview Tips and Techniques The Approach: Getting an Interview The Approach The Prep: What to Do Before the Interview The Follow-up: Thank Yous and Write Ups

3. The Approach You will be interviewing professionals, so do the following: Contact your interview subjects now, use these web resources to help you find people: How to Find an Expert Via The Web: http://lib.newpaltz.edu/databases/handouts/find_an _expert.html http://lib.newpaltz.edu/databases/handouts/find_an _expert.html Send an email or mail the person. Use the phone as a last resort. When you are approaching the person, be polite, be respectful, set up a timeline for your person to respond via email, phone, or face-to-face.

4. The Approach: Part 2 Write down questions—at least ten, sequence them in a logical way. Make sure you try out your questions on a friend—for grammar and reasonableness. Make sure that you follow the advice for interviewing at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resourc e/559/06/. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resourc e/559/06/

5. Interview Tips and Techniques The Approach: Getting an Interview The Approach The Prep: What to Do Before the Interview The Prep The Follow-up: Thank Yous and Write Ups

6. The Prep: What to Do Before the Interview Make sure that you show up ahead of time for a face- to-face interview. Send out email interview questions after heavy editing and trial. Make sure you send them out as early as possible. For a phone interview or a face-to-face interview, use a tape recorder (Chris has some for loan). Ask your interview subject if you can “use a tape recorder to correctly get what you say?” Finally, take copious notes. For advice on note-taking, go to: http://www.highschooljournalism.org/Teachers/Teache rs.cfm?id=33&ttid=37. http://www.highschooljournalism.org/Teachers/Teache rs.cfm?id=33&ttid=37

7. Interview Tips and Techniques The Approach: Getting an Interview The Approach The Prep: What to Do Before the Interview The Prep The Follow-up: Thank Yous and Write Ups The Follow-up

8. The Follow-up: Thank Yous and Write Ups Write up your interview as per the requirements of the assignment—go to moodle or our webpage for the assignment sheet. Send, via mail, a thank you to your interview subject—even if your subject is a relative or a friend. (This is especially true if it is your mother. )

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