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Interviewing: The Oregon Method
Interviewing is a crucial skill for journalists but the list of professions that rely on the interview to conduct business is long, from doctors and police to clergy and the gal or guy at the drive-through window, just about every human interaction is a form of interview.
Interviewing: The Oregon Method collects analysis and instruction from three-dozen expert interview practitioners, scholars and teachers. Its chapters take focused looks at interview ethics, the sanctity of quotes, sourcing via social media, studies of interviewing in the virtual world, negotiating identity, and building rapport. The art of interviewing has been taught at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication for generations. This book binds those years of experience into a collection of vibrant essays designed to train novices and invigorate old hands.
Interviewing is edited by University of Oregon’s James Wallace Chair Professor of Journalism Peter Laufer, who lectures his students, “The interview is intimate, immediate, and often an entrée toward the soul. Conducting interviews can be both great fun and an art form.” Interviewing is a primer of the digital age yet one that embraces age-old lessons, lessons that make clear the crucial importance of successful interviewing techniques for productive civic engagement.
Interviewing: The Oregon Method collects analysis and instruction from three-dozen expert interview practitioners, scholars and teachers. Its chapters take focused looks at interview ethics, the sanctity of quotes, sourcing via social media, studies of interviewing in the virtual world, negotiating identity, and building rapport. The art of interviewing has been taught at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication for generations. This book binds those years of experience into a collection of vibrant essays designed to train novices and invigorate old hands.
Interviewing is edited by University of Oregon’s James Wallace Chair Professor of Journalism Peter Laufer, who lectures his students, “The interview is intimate, immediate, and often an entrée toward the soul. Conducting interviews can be both great fun and an art form.” Interviewing is a primer of the digital age yet one that embraces age-old lessons, lessons that make clear the crucial importance of successful interviewing techniques for productive civic engagement.
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324 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2014
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Peter Laufer
50 books39 followersPeter Laufer, Ph.D., is the author of more than a dozen books that deal with social and political issues, including "Mission Rejected: U.S. Soldiers Who Say No to Iraq," "Wetback Nation: The Case for Opening the Mexican-American Border," and "Iron Curtain Rising: A Personal Journey through the Changing Landscape of Eastern Eurpoe." He is the coanchor of "The Peter Laufer Show" on radio station Green 960 in San Francisco. More about his books, documentary films, broadcasts, which have won the George Polk, Robert F. Kennedy, Edward R. Murrow, and other awards, can be found at peterlaufer.com. He lives in Bodega Bay, California.
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May 26, 2024
Comprehensive and inspirational!
March 18, 2025
Lots of specialists each writing a chapter. Very readable, informative and thoughtful.
March 7, 2017
The aspiring journalist's Bible.
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