Writing an interview

Thankfully, when you "write" an interview, your interviewee does most of the work for you. Thus, this formatting should be relatively basic.

1. Give a brief preview of the interview.
The preview is the kind of fuzz that you add in the beginning that introduces your audience to that cool new dude that you've never met before, ever. (Try something like this: "The new GLP session has begun, and I have had the honor to interview the 1st grade GLP teachers.")

2. Make sure you include a photo.
Please, please, please do try your best to add a photo of each of the teachers that you've interviewed. All Expresso articles will require at least one photograph to be included, so it shouldn't be much of a problem unless the teachers has refused to provide a photo.

3. The actual interview

-Do your research. Here's an anecdote from a sunbae of yours: "..based on my experience, the most important preparation for an interview (as an interviewer) is the actual research on the interviewee. I remember having to interview a former director general of the WHO and spending hours and hours looking up information on him so that I could ask more relevant questions." Now, this doesn't mean you should spend 5 hours stalking that sunbae you're interviewing on Facebook so you can ask all about his favorite band, but it does mean that you should have an idea of what you want to cover. Doing background research is a big part of this.
-Ask relevant questions, for the most part. If you're interviewing a teacher, ask about his/her philosophy. If you're interviewing a sunbae, ask about his/her experiences. If you're interviewing a birthday party clown, ask how you make those neat balloon animals. Keep it on topic.
-It's fine to ask a few goofy, personal bits; these make your target relatable and spice the interview up quite a bit. Just make sure you don't ask about the weather.

4. This step is optional, but if you would like a nice, clean wrap up of the interview, go ahead and add a comment or two about the interview or the teachers. If you enjoy a short, simple article you really don't have to write anything beyond the interview. Really, this is your choice.
-Daphne Park

NOTE: Interviewers have an exception regarding the overall formatting of the article. You are not required to side your articles to the left, as interviews will most likely be parted into three columns, and it really looks ugly if each column is not sided in both directions.