The art of interviewing Course
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This course runs regularly but doesn't have a set date yet. Sign up and we'll notify you as soon as enrollment opens.
This course runs regularly but doesn't have a set date yet. Sign up and we'll notify you as soon as enrollment opens.
Join us for a unique two-in-one course that blends journalism and documentary filmmaking. Led by Nadja, a journalist with 28 years of experience as a reporter and editor-in-chief, and Linda, a senior documentary filmmaker and visual anthropologist, this workshop offers a deep, hands-on approach to interviewing—going far beyond quick reportage.
Together, we will guide you through the process of preparing, conducting, and editing strong interviews, both on and off camera. You will learn how to craft thoughtful questions, listen actively, and shape your interviews into compelling stories for print or video. You will also learn how to pitch your interview ideas effectively and benefit from individualized consultations to support your work.
Our four collaborative sessions will explore the key differences between print and video interviews, practical techniques for writing and filming, and strategies for conducting insightful Q&As and editing them into engaging narratives.
This course is ideal for beginners or anyone wishing to combine journalism, documentary, and production skills, helping you create your own interview in writing and on video.
⇨ pick your interview subject by next session
⇨ you’ve conducted your interview by next session
⇨ final interview ready by next session
Nadja Vancauwenberghe is a journalist with 28 years of experience, from the AFP newsdesk in Moscow, to reporting war in Chechnya. She co-founded Berlin’s leading English magazine and served as its editor in chief for 21 years. She currently coordinates a transnational media investigation and teaches journalism with the Berlin Journalism Academy (BJA). Her courses focus on hands-on reporting, critical media, and the techniques and ethics of interviewing.
Linda Paganelli is an artist, anthropologist, and filmmaker integrating more than human perspectives in her storytelling. Drawing on over 13 years of experience across diverse contexts, Linda guides participants toward non-extractive, ethically grounded visual practices that challenge dominant knowledge paradigms and foreground embodied positionalities. Since 2018, she has been working with More-Than-Human frameworks, creating short documentaries such as Journey of Waves and Imprinted, as well as installations including Carbon Spa in collaboration with scientists from the university of Twente (Netherlands) and ECO-MOURNING developed through the Community of Practice with CitizensLab (Germany). Her practice center interspecies relationships, ecological interdependence, and the agency of non-human beings in visual storytelling.
