Video interviews with the press and media offer researchers great potential to achieve a wide outreach. But how to deal with the challenges of interview situations in front of a camera? How to find the right language for the format? How to answer challenging questions? We are pleased to have won the science journalist Armin Himmelrath (Spiegel, DLF, SZ etc.) who will conduct our practice-oriented INSIGHTS skills training on “Video interviews” to address these and more questions.

The training is suitable for all post-docs and PhD students. You will receive 1ECTS for your participation.

In the hands-on course you will learn the working methods & requirements of journalists, tools to actively shape interview situations, speech & presentation exercises in front of microphone and camera incl. evaluation and dealing with interviews under pressure. The share of practical exercises including evaluation is about 2/3 of the workshop time.

The training takes place on Friday, January 27, 2023
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
WZB Berlin Science Center, Reichpietschufer 50, 10785 Berlin in Room B001

To register for the training, please send me a short email with your name, institution and program to maximilian.peukert@wzb.eu by January 26. If you have any further questions regarding the the training, feel free to reach out to me anytime. Please note that the number of participants is limited to 8 and places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.