Interviewing Children: A guide for journalists and others

This guide gives practical tips for journalists and others on how to interview children effectively.

Published
July 2003
Price
£6.50
ISBN
9781899120710

This publication can be ordered from our distributor, NBN International.

Based on years of practical experience, this unique guide will help you interview children more successfully.

Interviewing children can be fascinating, inspiring and rewarding. But it's not always easy for them or for you. And although we see a lot of children in newspapers, magazines and on television, and much is said about them, they are rarely quoted in their own words.

This guide gives practical tips to help journalists, or anyone planning to interview children, make a better job of gathering information from children and making their views heard.

This fully revised and extended edition includes advice on:

  • who, how and where to interview children
  • ethics and issues of confidentiality
  • cultural considerations
  • use of language
  • dealing with sensitive subjects
  • working with translators and photographers.

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