I have about three pages of reasearch, I've broken it down into three categories: Research on my person herself, research on the organization she works with, and research on the country they work in (Sierra Leone) I also have a list of interview questions and a basic outline of things to remember in the interview, which was scheduled for last Sunday but she rescheduled to a different time that hopefully will be this weekend. She also graciously gave me the number of the founder of the organization she works with, and so I am arranging an interview with the organization's founder as well.
Nina sounds like you're on top of everything! It might be helpful to record you're phone interview via your computer as well as typing/writing down key notes your person mentions after you ask each question. That way you will have the full interview saved, as well as what you consider the most important answer for each question and you can focus on those points.
I interviewed my lady, Ms. Sutherland finally over the phone this weekend and set up an interview with the contact she gave me who is the founder of the organization she works with. Ms. Sutherland was amazing (and I was really sick and since she was a doctor she told me what to take haha it was nice) but she told me a lot of like personal stories from working in Sierra Leone that really gave a life to the statistics. I don't know though for the article, since she told me stories should I describe them like in detail in a story-like format or does it need to be more factual?
I have about three pages of reasearch, I've broken it down into three categories: Research on my person herself, research on the organization she works with, and research on the country they work in (Sierra Leone) I also have a list of interview questions and a basic outline of things to remember in the interview, which was scheduled for last Sunday but she rescheduled to a different time that hopefully will be this weekend. She also graciously gave me the number of the founder of the organization she works with, and so I am arranging an interview with the organization's founder as well.
ReplyDeleteNina sounds like you're on top of everything! It might be helpful to record you're phone interview via your computer as well as typing/writing down key notes your person mentions after you ask each question. That way you will have the full interview saved, as well as what you consider the most important answer for each question and you can focus on those points.
ReplyDeleteI interviewed my lady, Ms. Sutherland finally over the phone this weekend and set up an interview with the contact she gave me who is the founder of the organization she works with. Ms. Sutherland was amazing (and I was really sick and since she was a doctor she told me what to take haha it was nice) but she told me a lot of like personal stories from working in Sierra Leone that really gave a life to the statistics. I don't know though for the article, since she told me stories should I describe them like in detail in a story-like format or does it need to be more factual?
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