Explore: The Interview

"A tape recorder with microphone in hand…can be used to capture the voice of a celebrity, whose answers are ever ready and flow through all the expected straits. I have yet to be astonished by one. It can be used to capture the thoughts of the non-celebrated—on the steps of a public housing project, in a frame bungalow, in a furnished apartment, in a parked car—and these 'statistics' become persons, each one unique. I am constantly astonished."

—Studs Terkel (radiodiaries.org)

Studs Terkel: The “RADIO” Man Who Interviewed America www.grandtimes.com/studs.html

STUDS BIO: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/27/RVG2EFPT7U1.DTL&hw=terkel&sn=001&sc=1000
http://www.studsterkel.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studs_Terkel

Interview with Studs:
(Topical) http://talk.transom.org/WebX?14@231.hsa5amcwabb%5e4@.ee80e21/0
(Eclectic DJ) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4947854
(More Studs) http://www.aarp.org/fun/radio/pt_radio/studs_terkel_part_i.html

THE AUDIO RECORDING PRIMER
From the Studs’ education site: Interview Techniques (See Collecting Stories & Matrix)http://www.studsterkel.org/education.php

How to Use Microphones
http://www.mediacollege.com/audio/microphones/how-to-use.html

Field Recording: http://www.f7sound.com/field-recording.htm
http://www.trubitt.com/field_1.html

Interview Tips: www.soundportraits.org/education/how_to_record/
http://www.radiocollege.org/readingroom/articles/prod/interview_tips.php
http://www.transom.org/tools/recording_interviewing/200101.basics.jallison.html
Research Interviewing: www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/IGSD/IQPHbook/ch11c.html
In-depth Interviewing: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/000001172.htm

Editing:
www.transom.org/tools/editing_mixing/200404.audacity.html
www.digidesign.com