The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "Interviews" ...
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The data-driven story part 1: conceiving and launching
Start with the data basics: where to get data, how to request it, how to "interview" the data and analyze the information.
Tags: Database; story visualization
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The Art of the Interview
The tipsheet explains all the stages of the interview and how to prepare for them.
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Confrontations on Camera
The tipsheet explains the best ways to approach on-camera confrontations which are entirely appropriate but frequently bungled.
Tags: TV; camera; confrontations
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What You Need To Know To Get Quality Video For Your Project
In the world of broadcast journalism, a great investigative story is bolstered by great video. Learn tips and tricks about how to use your camera to your advantage in this tipsheet.
Tags: Camera; Video; B-Roll; Interviews; Shooting; Camera Basics; Shooting basics
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The Art of the Interview and Source Development
How to do great interviews, on the fly or going deep.
Tags: Interview; Source Development
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The Art of the Interview
Zurick gives his tips on this classic IRE tipsheet. Simple reminders that will make your next interview great.
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The Art of the Interview
This tipsheet has a wonderfully detailed list of how to prepare for an interview, and how to be the best interviewer possible.
Tags: interviewing; preparing for interview; interview strategies
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Broadcast: Off-Camera Secrets for Getting Sources on Camera
"No interview, no problem. From the FBI to a suspected serial killer, here are tips on how to convince the most difficult subjects to talk."
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Children and Trauma: Interviewing Tips
Black provides interview guidelines for reporters interviewing children who have been through traumatic events. She provides general guidelines, as well as details for interviews at the scene of a crime or disaster; covers interview pointers for past traumas, too. (Available in English and Spanish.)
Tags: children; trauma; disasters; crime; violence; grave illness; guidelines
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How to Snare the Interview
This tipsheet addresses how to get the difficult interviews for broadcast journalists. It gives pointers from "snaring in general" to approaches for specific interviews - the victim; government officials; whistleblowers; corporate types; schemers/scammers; prisoners; and children.
Tags: Interviewing; broadcast; television; radio;