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The Writer's Art of Interviewing

WCWP-40123

Effective interviewing techniques translate to writing that is clear, lively, and – depending on the writer's mission – instructive or entertaining. This course will encompass all the integral components of the interviewing process, including preparation, one-on-one dynamics, comparing interview styles, how to take useful notes, asking the right questions, coaxing interesting quotes from interviewees and using quotes effectively in a feature story. Students will participate in interviewing and writing exercises in class and complete a major interview/writing assignment out of class.
 

Course Information

Online
2.00 units
$525.00
Notes: Prerequisites: Fluent in conversational English and ability to write clear, logical, and grammatically correct sentences. Recommended Prerequisite: Introduction to News and Feature Writing (WCWP-40276).

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This course applies to these programs

Creative Writing Science Communication

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Section ID:

188350

Class type:

Online Asynchronous.

This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

Textbooks:

All course materials are included unless otherwise stated.

Policies:

  • No refunds after: 4/11/2025
  • Early Enrollment Discount: $525 ($550 if enrolled after 3/3/2025)
  • 1st no meeting date: 5/26/2025

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This is an online course. There are no face-to-face class sessions. You will have access to this class on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed. To login to your course, go to your MyExtension account, select My Courses, select this course and then click the link that appears in the LOCATION section.

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Instructor: William Carless

William Carless
Will Carless has spent 20 years working as a full-time journalist across the globe. He is currently USA TODAY’s national correspondent covering extremism and emerging issues. He was previously a correspondent covering extremism at the Center for Investigative Reporting. Before that, he worked as a foreign correspondent for Public Radio International in South and Central America and before that he was Head of Investigations at the Voice of San Diego. In his two decades in the profession, Will has worked in newspapers, radio, television and feature films. He has won national and international awards for his reporting, and has interviewed presidents, hardcore neo-Nazis, international superstars and fishermen on the Amazon river.  Will has traveled to more than 80 countries, reporting in most of them. He lives in California and is a keen surfer, snowboarder, mountain biker and gardener. He teaches Writer's Art of Interviewing and News and Feature Writing for the Creative Writing Program. 
 
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