Interview Techniques in Radio

Interview Techniques in Radio

Different types of radio interviews:

1. Hard News Interview
2. Informal Interview
3. Investigative Interview
4. Adversarial Interview
5. Interpretative Interview
6. Personal Interview
7. Emotional Interview
8. Entertainment Interview
9. Actuality  
10. Telephone or Remote interview
11. Vox Pop
12. Grabbed Interview

Essentials before an Interview:

1. Having all the equipment sorted out
2. Knowing what is going to be said on your part (Script)
3. Having who you are interviewing on standby

Best questions to ask:

1. Questions about something they are involved in - To get some good information about their upcoming project
2. Something that is known about them and what they do in there spare time - To get some information of what they do out of what they are known for.
3. What they are planning in the future - To get to know of any upcoming things that may be happening with them.
4. Favourite things to be involved in - To know what they are interested in in both areas of what they do and out of what they do.

What to avoid asking in an interview:

1. Things that are very personal
2. Feuds they may have had with other people
3. Questions for them to bad mouth other people within their line of work.