Research for Journalist

 Hello,

On this blog post you will see a research that I have done for a Journalist.

Last days I was trying to find more and more tips for my Final Project.

The Journalist that I found called David Spark.

His life:

He is Producer, Managing Editor, Co-Host at the CISO Series and a journalist (Adapt, n.d). Since 1996, Spark and his articles have appeared several media outlets including eWEEK, Wired News, PCWorld, ABC Radio, John C. Dvorak’s “Cranky Geeks,” KQED’s “This Week in Northern California,” and TechTV (formerly ZDTV). Spark is also the author of the book, “Three Feet from Seven Figures: One-on-One Engagement Techniques to Qualify More Leads at Trade Shows.” (Sparkmediasolutions, no date)

He inspired me and help me for several things because on YouTube there is a Video that called 30 Tips on How to Interview Like a Journalist - Content Marketing Tips. This is the video:

  From his video I learned some tips. 

The tips that he said was:

1. Find a good interviewee

2. It is your Job to research

3. Let your preconceptions go, or not.

4. Make them comfortable.

5. Make small talk.

6. Do not send out questions beforehand

7. Let them know what you are going to do

8. Warn them of the bright lights

9. Ask them to spell their name and title 

10. Establish some reciprocity.

11. Record the interview.

12. Do not let them answer off mike.

13. Test your equipment

14. Know your equipment.

15. Ask open and ended questions

16. Do not try to fill the void

17. Ask the reflector question

18. Ask questions for which you already lnow the answer

19. The interview is a conversation with you

20. Reboot an Interview 

21. Ask about feelings

22. For revealing interviews share your story first 

23. Throw acurve ball

24. Repeat back the story in the middle of the interview

25. Repeat questions in different ways.

26. Get them to talk about what they really love

27. Trick them into getting sound bite you want

28. Let the interviewee ask their own question

29. Let subject read article for acuracy or do not.

30. Practice,Practise, Practise...

I used the most of those tips. However, there are two that are more important:

The two tips that I liked with the way that he was present them and make them relevant was to ask open and ended questions because the answers have to be long. The last tip was to reboot an interview if something going wrong, this made me feel less stressful. From these tips I get positive vibes for my Project.

References:

DAVID SPARK, 2017, 30 Tips on How to Interview Like a Journalist - Content Marketing Tips, Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7_0T7B-wHU (Accessed: 2/06/2021)

Adabt, no date, Davis Spark, Available from: https://adapt.com.au/speaker/david-spark/ (Accessed: 2/06/2021)

Sparkmediasolutions, no date, David Spart, Availble from: https://www.sparkmediasolutions.com/about/  (Accessed: 2/06/2021)