How to Interview Someone - workshop

Learn to tell collaborative stories by interviewing a friend, family member, colleague, client, someone you admire.

"It takes two to tell a story."

"It does?"

"Sure. There's the speaker, of course. That's the person who whatever it was happened to. But then there's the person listening, and they..."

"Ha. How hard is it to listen? You just sit there!"

"Not at all. The listener is the speaker's motivation. Their guide. Their mirror. Without the listener, the speaker would have nothing to say."

"Really? Show me!"

Do you know someone with an amazing story you think should be heard? It could be someone you know really well, or someone you've never met before. In How to Interview Someone, we'll teach you how to interview someone in a way that grips an audience, impacts the ear and does justice to their story.

Oct 24th, 10:30 to 1:00pm. Impact Hub Ottawa, 123 Slater Street. $65.00.

You'll learn to

Identify the narrative elements of a true-life story
Research a topic and the person telling it
Prepare questions that get to the point
Develop your best microphone voice
Record your interview on professional equipment in the studio, or improvise on location with whatever you have to hand

Storytelling skills for everyone

The focus of the workshop is interviewing for audio, but you don't have to be a podcaster to learn valuable skills here. Understanding collaborative story telling is key to many endeavours of life, from marketing to social media and content creation to community outreach and activism to oral history and documenting your world.

Your instructor

The workshop is delivered by multi-award winning journalist Conrad Fox, a former freelance radio reporter and co-founder of Studio Canek.

Conrad worked for almost 20 years in Latin America, covering the environment and social justice, as well as producing several international journalism projects that brought together reporters from around the world. Today runs journalism and podcasting projects for Studio Canek, and create elearning courses in environmental journalism. He has delivered audio production workshops in Mexico, Haiti, Honduras and Canada and mentored reporters on every continent.

Oct 24th, 10:30 to 1:00pm. Impact Hub Ottawa, 123 Slater Street. $65.00.

This workshop is produced in association with the Impact Hub Ottawa.