I'm doing some freelance journalism-y things, and I sometimes need to interview people over the phone whilst plugging away at my "day job." How do I record these calls? I have an iphone 4, if that makes a difference.
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posted by ablazingsaddle
on Apr 12, 2013 -
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I want to be great at interviewing people, but going to journalism school isn't an option. What books will help me most? How do I learn to recognize and ask great questions? How do I prepare? Who are exceptional interviewers I should check out, and what do you think I can specifically learn from them?
posted by ferdinandcc
on Mar 25, 2013 -
28 answers
What are your tips for conducting freelance journalistic-type interviews for articles/non-fiction essays/books?
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posted by holdkris99
on Feb 25, 2012 -
8 answers
Why do TV journalists always get scientists to run a screen saver or mp3 player visualization in the background?
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posted by srboisvert
on Sep 30, 2010 -
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I have an ongoing opportunity to interview musicians, but I've been fearful of being the most boring interviewer ever, or at least failing to pull the musician out of Dull Interview Mode and into Chatting Naturally About Interesting Things Mode. With that, I'm looking for tips and ideas for interviewing people, and/or examples of really good interviews.
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posted by filthy light thief
on Jul 8, 2010 -
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Oh my! I've been shortlisted for a PR job at a university. AskMe, what might they ask me at the interview, and have you any tips as to how I ought answer?
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posted by t0astie
on Jun 14, 2009 -
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How do I extract information from people? I'm a self-taught journalist who profiles people in my community. Interviews always go well when we discuss the interviewee's special area of knowledge, but I stall when trying to move beyond that.
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posted by Jason and Laszlo
on Apr 25, 2009 -
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Every time I hear a journalist say "Tell me about ..." when interviewing someone on television, I get really annoyed. It seems so incredibly presumptuous, pompous and impolite to demand an answer of a guest like that. Yet it happens all over the world. Is this standard journalistic practice? What's the reasoning behind it? Anyone else feel the same way or am I being a relic?
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posted by zaebiz
on May 9, 2008 -
39 answers
How can I find and approach supporters of one of the Democratic candidates in a medium sized town in Ohio (about 25,000 people) in order to interview and possibly film them?
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posted by billysumday
on Feb 6, 2008 -
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Where do I find the contact information for the press people/managers of celebrities (actors and the like) to interview them?
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posted by PandemicSoul
on Aug 15, 2007 -
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Journalistic standards aside, should I use my subject's first or last name in a magazine profile?
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posted by SashaPT
on Jun 29, 2007 -
18 answers
Tomorrow I have a telephone interview for a job at a regional metro daily newspaper. What might they ask me? And, er, how should I answer?
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posted by t0astie
on May 27, 2006 -
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What are the best tricks, using an audio program like Audacity, for improving a recording of a phone interview where the other guy sounds really quiet, but your voice is loud? What compression/decibal settings are typically best, and what other effects will bring the quiet voice up -- perhaps without making the loud voice much louder?
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posted by inksyndicate
on Mar 9, 2005 -
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