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210 evergreen reads, ready for launch day. Reference and explainer writing only: nothing here claims a news event, an audience or an archive that does not exist.

Ethics of the chair (26)

Consent and the Right to DeclineThe Off the Record AgreementProtecting a Vulnerable SubjectThe Power Imbalance in an InterviewEditing a Quote Without Changing Its MeaningCultural Sensitivity in QuestioningInterviewing ChildrenInterviewing Survivors of TraumaThe Duty to Check a ClaimAvoiding the Entrapment QuestionDisclosing the Interviewer's Own BiasAnonymity and Its LimitsThe Right to Review Before PublicationCompensation and Its ComplicationsInterviewing Across a Power GradientThe Ethics of the Ambush InterviewRespecting the Right Not to AnswerRecording Without DisclosureCultural Protocols Around Eye ContactThe Ethics of Paraphrase in TranslationRapport Without ManipulationPublishing an Unflattering AnswerCare After a Difficult InterviewInterviewing on Behalf of an EmployerBoundaries Around Personal QuestionsPersistence Versus Pressure

Famous formats (26)

The Exit InterviewThe Oral History InterviewThe Vox PopThe Press ConferenceThe Long Form Sit DownThe Panel InterviewThe Profile InterviewThe Deposition Style of QuestioningThe Roundtable ConversationThe Walk and Talk InterviewThe Written Questionnaire InterviewThe Live Broadcast InterviewThe Pre-recorded and Edited InterviewThe Job InterviewThe Audition Style InterviewThe Intake InterviewThe Formal Inquiry InterviewThe Academic Research InterviewThe Survey InterviewThe Exit Poll InterviewThe Debate Style InterviewThe Group InterviewThe Phone ScreenStructured Versus Unstructured FormatsThe Crisis InterviewThe Retrospective Interview

Interview history (26)

The Newspaper Origins of the InterviewRadio and the Rise of the Spoken InterviewTelevision's Transformation of the Sit DownThe Oral History MovementInterviewing in EthnographyThe Influence of the Therapeutic ConversationCourtroom Examination as an AncestorLetters as a Precursor to the InterviewThe Rise of the Long ProfileInterviewing During Wartime ReportingThe Podcast Return to Long ConversationThe Interview in Political CampaigningOrigins of the Workplace InterviewThe Market Research InterviewEvolution of the Talk Show ConversationInterviewing in Documentary FilmThe Interview as a Diplomatic ToolFrom Stenography to Recorded TapeThe Interview in Early NewsreelsInterviewing Traditions Across Press CulturesThe Interview in Memoir ResearchThe Survey Interview and Social ScienceEthics Learned From Institutional InterviewingThe Interview's Role in Reconciliation ProcessesThe Rise of the Video Interview OnlineHow the Interview Became Its Own Genre

Listening technique (26)

The Basics of Active ListeningListening for What Is Left UnsaidTaking Notes Without Losing the ThreadThe Pause Before RespondingListening for Repeated WordsBody Language as a Form of ListeningListening Without Planning the Next QuestionTelling Hesitation From EvasionListening for a Change in ToneThe Mirroring TechniqueListening Across a TranslatorListening in a Noisy RoomListening for Contradictions Across an HourEmpathetic Listening Without AgreeingListening for HumourThe Sentence Someone Does Not FinishListening on the Phone Versus in PersonListening for Claims Worth Checking LaterListening When a Colleague Also QuestionsListening for a Shift in EmotionThe Risk of Going Quiet Too LongListening for the Story Behind the FactA Second Recorder as a Second EarListening for Cultural CuesListening to Silence ItselfTelling Rehearsed From Spontaneous Speech

Preparing well (27)

Researching a Subject Before the Sit DownDrafting More Questions Than You NeedThe Value of a Pre Interview CallSetting the Physical SpaceChoosing the Right Recording EquipmentTesting Equipment Before the Subject ArrivesPlanning the Opening MinuteAnticipating the Difficult TopicPreparing a Subject for a Hard QuestionAgreeing on Ground Rules BeforehandPreparing Follow Up BranchesResearch Versus Over PreparationPreparing for a Nervous SubjectScheduling and Time ManagementPreparing a TranslatorBriefing a Second ChairNote Cards Versus a Full ScriptPreparing for SilencePlanning an Exit From the InterviewDress and Demeanour as PreparationPreparing for a Remote InterviewChecking Consent BeforehandPreparing a Running Order for Multiple SubjectsThe Mental Warm Up Before Sitting DownPreparing for Technical FailurePreparing Questions for a Written ResponsePreparing the Room for Comfort

Reading answers (26)

Reading Between the LinesSpotting the Rehearsed AnswerEvasion Versus Genuine UncertaintyReading Tone Against the Words UsedReading the Pause Before an AnswerReading a Sudden Change of SubjectOver Explanation as a SignalHumour as DeflectionReading Consistency Across a Long AnswerReading Body Language in the RoomReading EnthusiasmReading ReluctanceReading the Non AnswerRepetition as EmphasisThe Answer That Answers a Different QuestionConfidence Versus BravadoReading Vague QuantifiersReading the Qualifier HonestlyReading the Shape of an AnswerReading the Silence After an AnswerReading What an Answer ProtectsReading Corrections and Self InterruptionsReading Answers Given Under Time PressureReading Written Answers Differently From Spoken OnesReading an Answer Within Its ContextReading the Answer That Arrives Too Polished

The craft of questions (27)

Open Questions Versus Closed QuestionsThe Art of the Follow Up QuestionAvoiding the Leading QuestionThe Power of Silence After AskingAsking One Question at a TimeThe What Happened Next PromptQuestions That Invite a Story, Not a SummaryCuriosity Versus InterrogationAsking About Feeling Rather Than FactThe Hypothetical QuestionRepairing a Stalled Answer With a QuestionThe Callback QuestionAvoiding the Compound QuestionBuilding a Question From the Last AnswerThe Warm Up QuestionNaming a Contradiction GentlyThe Tell Me About a Time PromptQuestions That Invite DisagreementThe Specificity LadderChecking Understanding Through a QuestionKeeping Jargon Out of a QuestionThe Permission QuestionAsking About Process, Not Just OutcomeThe Counterfactual QuestionQuestions With a Built In Escape HatchThe Closing Question That Invites MoreQuestions for a Reluctant Subject

Transcription craft (26)

Verbatim Versus Clean TranscriptionMarking Pauses and OverlapsTranscribing an Accent FaithfullyTranscribing for AccessibilityThe Ethics of Editing a QuoteTranscribing Multiple Speakers at OnceThe Discipline of TimestampingTranscribing Non Verbal SoundsChoosing Punctuation to Represent SpeechTranscribing Across LanguagesSoftware Against the Human EarChecking a Transcript Against the RecordingRedacting Sensitive MaterialTranscribing for Broadcast Versus PrintThe Role of the EllipsisMarking HesitationFormatting a Long MonologueTranscribing CrosstalkArchiving a TranscriptTranscribing for the Legal RecordProofreading a TranscriptTranscribing Dialect and IdiomThe Transcript as a Working DocumentTranscribing Under DeadlineTranscribing for Research CodingA Transcript Is Not a Script
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