How to Interview People the Right Way
What you'll learn
- Create rapport with your interviewees
- Ask questions that get them talking
- Become The Listener, not just the Questioner
- Gain better insight into people’s lives
- Write up interviews into appealing blog posts or newspaper and magazine articles
Requirements
- Students do not need any software or other materials to complete the course.
Description
Do you need to interview someone but don’t know where to start? Do you want to create great interviews that attract audiences and listeners? Are you a podcaster, blogger, journalist, or academic researcher looking to improve your interviewing skills?
The interview is a staple of podcasting and journalism today, but it's often badly done. Most interviewers are making key mistakes that are limiting the potential of their interviews. In this course, learn to illuminate a new topic, tell someone's amazing story, and stand out from the millions of interview recordings on the Internet – without ever having to go to journalism school.
Learn those problems – and how to correct them – in this course taught by an experienced journalist and writing professor.
The course moves logically through the interview process, including these important topics:
- Preparation to make sure you are respected as a interviewer;
- Which recording methods to use, as the technological medium can affect you and your interviewee;
- How to reduce the inevitable nerves that come with doing interviews;
- The importance of using open-ended questions to get people to open up and tell you fascinating stories; and,
- How to write up your interviews into blog posts and newspaper or magazine articles that are coherent and interesting to read.
The course also explains the importance of using interview recordings to create an online following of fans, which is vital for marketing a product or service.
If you're new to interviewing, the course also provides information on microphones and recording software to get started on interviewing people in-person and online.
Try a free preview of the lectures. There's also no risk to you, as Udemy provides a 30-day guarantee if you're not satisfied with the course.
Who this course is for:
- This course is useful for beginning podcasters and bloggers and journalists, but intermediate interviewers may gain tips for polishing skills.
Course content
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Instructor
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- 2,919 Reviews
- 13,902 Students
- 9 Courses
Dr. Duncan Koerber has taught writing and communications courses for the past 12 years at eight Canadian universities to thousands of students.
Oxford University Press recently published his writing textbook, Clear, Precise, Direct: Strategies for Writing (2015). Available on Amazon, the book considers the seven most common errors (interfering factors) in writing and how to improve them (enhancing factors). His second book, Crisis Communication in Canada, is now out on Amazon from University of Toronto Press.
Currently a professor at Brock University in Ontario, Canada, Duncan Koerber worked for nearly 10 years in reporting and editing roles for the London Free Press, the Mississauga News, and the University of Toronto Medium. He has freelanced for magazines and newspapers, including the Toronto Star.
Duncan Koerber has been a successful freelance editor, earning a 95% success rating on Upwork.
Duncan Koerber has a bachelor of arts degree in English, Professional Writing, and Political Science from the University of Toronto (2001), a master of arts degree in Journalism from the University of Western Ontario (2003), and a Ph.D. in Communication and Culture from York University and Ryerson University (2009).
His academic writing, which focuses on media and journalism history, writing pedagogy, and public relations crisis communication, has been published in the Canadian Journal of Communication, Public Relations Review, the Journal of Canadian Studies, Journalism History, Media History, Composition Studies, Canadian Journal of Media Studies, and Sport History Review.