About This Lesson
Multiple resources from StoryCorps all about interviewing, including:
- Host of NPR’s Morning Edition, Steve Inskeep, gives advice on how to choose questions, sharpen up interviewing skills and what to do about silence.
- Q & A:12–year–old Joshua, who has Autism Spectrum Disorder, interviews his mother, and they cover everything from cockroaches to Sarah’s feelings about Joshua as a son.
- Four Tips for an Effective Interview: How to ask open-ended questions that help you guide your subject through personal stories and share in a great conversation.
- Tips for Active Listening: Tips from StoryCorps on how both people—interviewer and interviewee—can contribute to having a great conversation.
- Interview Planning Handout
- Great Questions Handout
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