Mass Media Interview

Prof. Dr. Ángel García Ferrer

Here is where a good

interview would be like
What makes this a successful interview?

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planet to the Sun and smallest one in the
Solar System
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Jupiter is a gas giant and actually also
the biggest planet in the Solar System 2
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Saturn is a gas giant in the Solar System,
composed of hydrogen and helium 3
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 Interview simple directions

Pre-interview homework
Topics/key points
that will be covered and background
Spontaneity without catching your subject
completely off-guard

‘Gotcha-style’ questioning
Simple questions
Know your subject Gain your subject’s trust
Letting your interviewee talk
Start slow &
active listening Ask open-ended questions
with follow-ups that can expand the story—and
Ask open-ended questions you know your viewers would want
to know the answers to.
questions.
 Practical session: interview prep
To present in next class. Role-play.
Preparation
Roles
1 host and 3 guests
Background image
Props
Costumes
(celebrities of any kind,
music, cinema, sport or
any other)

Highligh
Langua ts
Language aspects are
important, but fluency and
authenticity will be highly
evaluated.
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Reading your dialogues will be
penalized, as it is reading not
speaking. Try to improvise if you don’t
remember any point.