Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare for interviews
- Identify the main purpose of an interview and factors that may affect how the interview is conducted
- Research interview topics and interviewee backgrounds by reading and making notes from various information sources
- Develop, and organise in a logical sequence, questions that elicit information relevant to the topic
- Refine questions by anticipating answers interviewees may give
- Seek expert advice on issues that could result in a breach of relevant legislation and broadcasting codes of practice
- Discuss interview line of questioning with relevant personnel
- Write short links to introduce topics and interviewees and to forward promote interviews
- Discuss line of questioning with interviewees and obtain prior agreement to broadcast interview where appropriate
- Book facilities and equipment required to conduct interviews according to enterprise procedures and production requirements
- Conduct interviews
- Establish an atmosphere that elicits the best possible response from interviewees, and check recording location is safe
- Adopt an interview style appropriate for the format, topic, interviewee and target audience
- Select and use microphones correctly and safely in studio and non-studio locations to optimise quality of recordings
- Introduce interviewees, follow prepared line of questioning and listen to answers to identify further questions that could be asked
- Conduct unplanned lines of questioning, if necessary, to enhance quality and content of interviews
- Recover presentation errors and respond to equipment malfunction with minimum disruption to flow of interview
- Bring interviewees back to the topic being discussed if necessary
- Provide a brief recap on the topic and interviewee for listeners who may not have heard the start of the interview
- Wrap up interviews in the given time and thank interviewees for their contribution
- Evaluate own performance