Tutoring Session with e-GLO Graduates and Earth Charter

Representatives

Journalism, propaganda, ethics, documentary, and interview

techniques

Tutoring Session with e-GLO Graduates and Earth Charter

Representatives

Journalism, propaganda, ethics, documentary, and interview

techniques

Douglas F. WilliamsonEarth Charter Global

Learning Opportunity 3November 23, 2010

Douglas F. WilliamsonEarth Charter Global

Learning Opportunity 3November 23, 2010

EthicsEthics

We have the moral obligation to report and present information and news fairly

SPJ - Code of Ethics

We have the moral obligation to report and present information and news fairly

SPJ - Code of Ethics

Journalism vs. Propaganda

Journalism vs. Propaganda

Journalism is publishing what someone doesn't want us to know, the rest is propaganda. -Horacio Verbitsky, journalist (b. 1942)

Advocacy Presenting opinion based information

Journalism is publishing what someone doesn't want us to know, the rest is propaganda. -Horacio Verbitsky, journalist (b. 1942)

Advocacy Presenting opinion based information

Interviewing - pre-interview

Interviewing - pre-interview

Getting the information you want in the way that you want it

Thinking about final products before beginning interviews

Preparing questions and follow-up questions before the interview

Preparing releases and getting rights

Know your equipment/media for recording

Getting the information you want in the way that you want it

Thinking about final products before beginning interviews

Preparing questions and follow-up questions before the interview

Preparing releases and getting rights

Know your equipment/media for recording

The interviewThe interview

Establishing trust and creating a cordial interview environment

Setting up your recording equipment and getting best quality

Helping interviewees answer how you want and need them to answer

Asking for repetition and rephrasing

Third-person interviews and the advantages of perceived impartiality

Establishing trust and creating a cordial interview environment

Setting up your recording equipment and getting best quality

Helping interviewees answer how you want and need them to answer

Asking for repetition and rephrasing

Third-person interviews and the advantages of perceived impartiality

Making a point with your material

Making a point with your material

Using interview material to support an argument, selective use

Promoting a specific social agenda with interview material

Being fair to interviewees Editing, polishing, branding, marketing, distribution

Using interview material to support an argument, selective use

Promoting a specific social agenda with interview material

Being fair to interviewees Editing, polishing, branding, marketing, distribution

ExamplesExamples

Feather Project, 1st person A couple of interviews of mine, 3rd person

Feather Project, 1st person A couple of interviews of mine, 3rd person

Thanks!Thanks!

e-GLO people, you rule!

e-GLO people, you rule!