週次

Week

課程主題

Topic

課程內容與指定閱讀

Content and Reading Assignment

教學活動與作業

Teaching Activities and Homework

學習投入時間

Student workload expectation

課堂講授

In-class Hours

課程前後

Outside-of-class Hours

1

Intro

Introduction to the interview’s role in journalism

TBA

3

1

2

Types of interviews

Solicited, unsolicited, voice-to-voice, face-to-face,

written, via third parties; how to set up interviews

TBA

3

1

3

Interviews in group settings

Multiple reporters; multiple sources

TBA

3

1

4

Interviewees I

Interviews with consumers, voters, the poor, the sick and victims (fraud,

disaster, crime)

TBA

3

1

5

Interviewees II

Interviews with people who have little previous media exposure

TBA

3

1

6

Interviewees III

Interviews with people who are hired to work with the media

TBA

3

1

7

Interviewees IV

Interviews with CEOs, heads of state, government ministers and the super-

famous

TBA

3

1

8

Experts

Effective ways to find and talk with expert sources

Mid-term project

3

3

9

Ethics

How close should journalists get to their sources? Do they

pre-share article drafts? What’s a conflict of interest?

TBA

3

1

10

Cross-cultural interviews

When journalist and source come from different

racial or cultural backgrounds

TBA

3

1

11

Making people talk straight

Interviewees who say too little, say too much or tell lies

TBA

3

1

12

Sensitive questions

What to ask, when to ask, how to ask, when to refrain

TBA

3

1

13

Mock interviews

Practice in class or in the field; train for note-taking

TBA

3

1

14

News colleagues

Coordination with photographers, videographers

TBA

3

1

15

The law

Legal issues associated with news interviews

TBA

3

1

16

Combative sources

What to do before and after story publication

TBA

3

1

17

Blurring of sources and journalists

Citizen journalism, think tanks and

private companies with their own “news” websites

TBA

3

1

18

Wrap up

Possible guest speakers

Final project

3

6