Interview Techniques ^__^

when someone says the words "Question Types", in the journalism industry this means what types of questions have been produced for the best possible answers that you can gather for your piece, whether that be open/closed questions, single questions, multiple questions, direct questions or suggestive questions.

open questions:
open question sare basically questions that will in turn give a more developed answer on the subject matter which will help you be able to gather better quality of information that you will need for your piece ie. "How involved are you in the stories themselves. Do you go to the extremes of dressing up like characters from the story?"
closed questions:
closed questions are the exact opposite of open questions which means that they give a simple and direct answer without much information which can be hard to work with, but they are definitely needed in all interviews to open the interview and close it, usually on a light-hearted note. "what is your favourite fantasy/sci-fi book?"
single questions:
single questions are just that, single, one questions that give you an answer on one subject or part of the subject and only that. you can get a great development answer from this type of question but it can also be limited depending on what your piece is about and the question itself. an example of this type of question is "which character do you aspire to be like?"
multiple questions:
again, multiple questions have the opposite affect of single questions and can be diverse and give a range of answers that essentially all mold together to come up with a detailed opinion answer for the piece. these types of questions for the purpose of interview techniques, can be great to use and very effective; "what do you think of people's attitude towards sci-fi/fantasy fans? has it become more popular? do you think that the perceptions of fantasy/sci-fi are changing?"
direct questions:
direct questions are, most of the time, the most hard hitting questions that can bring out more emotion and engage more with the interviewee and gain an insight that nobody knew was there before. they get straightto the point and can help when you come up with your own opinion; "why did you decide to be in this business if you knew what it entailed? you can see how some people would think that as being brought upon by your own means."
suggestive questions:
a suggestive question is one that implies a certain answer that should be given in response, or falsely presents a preassumption on a matter which is turn accepted as a fact. these types of questions are usually asked by interviewers who like to bring out answers that most people would hate to give out. an example of this is a personal question that someone may not want to give out but in turn tries to and a misconception is given because the interviewee is trying to word it so it doesnt sound like something it isnt, but ends up being just that.

there are different styles of interview techniques that can increase and diverse the points that you are trying to get across in an effective way, whether that be hard news, combative news, light-hearted news, and entertainment news.

hard news:
hard news is the kind of fast paced news that usually appears on the front page of newspapers. stories that fall under this category are ones that very often deal with issues and topics on business, politics and global news. what defines hard news as a whole isnt necessarily based on the subject matter, but the way that a story is being reported. some people might call a news story thats heavily reported on a subject matter that is necessarily softer ie. entertainment as being hard news bcause of the approach to the subject.
combative news:
combative news is the type of news that in some ways is similar to hard news, in the way that it can be fast paced and hard hitting on subect matters, but it mainly focuses on disagreeing with a subject matter and giving its own interview style on the oppsite side to what has been said, to show a dispute and disagreement to what has been said. these types of interviews are eager to get the information in which the journalist in turn believes is right.
light-hearted news:
this type of interview technique when it comes to giving news which is light-hearted, means adding a little humour to the questions and using more of a softer approach to a subject matter which in turn will give an entertainment feel to the piece and the answers will seem easy but also informative. here is an example of a show which uses light-hearted questions and language to gain an easy interview with the answers that were wanted in the beginning: entertainment news techniques for interview styles is more in the way of light-hearted news, given the fact that the interview techniques can be informal, but at the same time the interview can also be formal. Alan Carr: Chatty Man is an example of the type of interview technique. there is humour and conversational talk throughout each interview, yet it is turned around quite easily so that questions that are needed to be answered can be. if we are looking at a news programme, an example of this type of news is the children's programme Blue Peter.