7.1 - Interviewing Vocabulary

The building blocks for developing interview questions and writing news stories

• Q and A

• response

• 5 W's and H

• response

A source that is highly knowledgeable about a topic.

• interviewer

• attribution

• person-on-the-street

• expert

An interview format where the interview is recorded and transcribed word for word, question by question.

• 5 W's and H

• Q and A

• rephrase

• response

A question that usually earns a yes or no response.

• open-ended

• closed-ended

• read back

• rephrase

The act of proving the accuracy of gathered information, through reviewing quotes with sources and checking facts with primary sources.

• Q and A

• attribution

• verification

• two-part question

A type of questioning where a source responds to an event or information.

• rephrase

• response

• read back

• two-part question

Method of clarification which usually requires the interviewer to ask a question in a different way to get a different response.

• rephrase

• response

• read back

• two-part question

An interview technique where random sources provide comments in brief interviews, usually as a reaction to an event or trend. These are often used in broadcast.

• expert

• person-on-the-street

• follow up

• formal

Questions used to further develop a response to an initial question or questions asked after an interview.

• follow-up

• open-ended

• closed-ended

• read back

Questioning that results in responses beyond a yes or no response.

• closed-ended

• open-ended

• read back

• expert