3rd Edition
Interviewing A Guide for Journalists and Professional Writers
Introduction 1. The Interview 2. Research 3. Getting Started 4. Icebreakers 5. The Questions 6. Print – News Interviews 7. Print – Feature Interviews 8. Remote Interviewing 9. Broadcast Interviews 10. Ethical, Legal and Safe Interviewing 1. Personal Interviews: Biographies
Biography
Gail Sedorkin has worked as a journalist for ABC Radio, regional newspapers and magazines, and as a journalism and public relations educator at James Cook University, Deakin University and CQUniversity. She is the sole author of the second edition of Interviewing and co-author of Reporting in a Multimedia World and Get Your Message Across.
Amy Forbes is Associate Professor of Journalism and Communication at James Cook University. She has worked as a journalist across media platforms producing news and public affairs programs for television in Manila, and was a writer and co-publisher of Balitang Kababayan, the Philippines’ first regular daily online news outlet from 1995–1999. She was also an original staff writer for the Daily Tribune.
Ralph Begleiter worked for two decades as CNN’s World Affairs Correspondent and was the network’s most widely-travelled reporter. He covered U.S. diplomacy, interviewed countless world leaders, hosted the program Global View, and co-anchored CNN’s International Hour. He has worked in 100 countries on all seven continents.
"A great guide for students and those starting their careers in journalism and communication. This book covers the do’s and don’ts of interviewing and everything in between. The handy checklists provide at a glance guides for preparing and undertaking interviews."
Professor Jacqueline Ewart, Griffith University, Australia.
