MEDC 1050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Henry Kissinger
Interviewing, headlines and leads notes
7 September 2016
4 Principals of interviewing
ā¢Prepare carefully familiarizing yourself with as much background as possible. Look at
interviewees social media.
ā¢Establish a relationship with the source conductive to obtaining information
ā¢Ask questions that are relevant to the source and that induce the source to talk
ā¢Listen and watch attentively
Write from the middle of your essay.
Types of questions
ā¢Direct questions-
ā¢Open and closed ended question-Could be answered in general terms
ā¢Tough questions-Question might embarrass or offend the interviewee.
ā¢Kissinger the cowboy
ā¢Intrusive questions
ā¢Junk questions-Donāt tell people what you know.
Headlines
ā¢Get attention
ā¢Select an audience
ā¢Deliver a complete message
ā¢Draw the reader into the body.
ā¢Read most often
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