Video interviews with the press and online media offer great potential for researchers to reach a wide audience. But how do you deal with the challenges of on-camera interview situations? How to find the right language for the format? How do you answer challenging questions? Journalist Lena Fiedler (Zeit/Zeit online, DLF, FAZ etc.) will answer these and other questions in a practice-oriented INSIGHTS skills training on "Video Interviews".

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

In this hands-on course, you will learn the working methods and requirements of journalists, tools for actively shaping interview situations, speech and presentation exercises in front of the microphone and camera, including evaluation and dealing with interviews under pressure. Practical exercises, including evaluation, account for approximately 2/3 of the workshop time.

The training takes place on Friday,March 22, 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 March 20. If you have any further questions regarding the the training, feel free to reach out to me anytime.