As I'm no longer including Pixiwoo in the magazine Corrie's interview is now the main interview and she will also be featured on the front cover. The article will focus on how she became a full time blogger and her career so far. These are the questions I sent her:
As you can see, I separated them into four main sections. This helped me to progress the questions so that the interview flows well and is easy to follow. Corrie is quite a chatty person and so I expected quite detailed responses, which indeed I got (which is brilliant and very much in the writing style I wanted!).
I'm very happy with how this article is coming a long and I don't think it requires a lengthy intro and outro.
This interview was conducted via email which was more convenient for Corrie who is in the middle of moving to Shrewsbury. She has given me permission to use photographs from her blog and Instagram in her article.
Jemma
For Jemma's interview, I took a much more relaxed approach. We have a good friendship so I was able to spend a lot more time with her. I decided to conduct the interview "live" via Twitter chat. I made a list of questions and prompts but allowed room for Jemma's answer to lead the interview in a natural direction.
This has lead to a really honest interview that I think will come across well to readers. I think they will feel like they are personally chatting to Jemma which is what I was aiming for. The interview focuses on her launch of The Girl Gang and how it is empowering young women in the blogging industry and beyond (thus appealing to the bloggers and none-bloggers in my audience).
Jemma has also given me permission to use her photographs relating to The Girl Gang community.
Areeba
Areeba
Areeba volunteered to take photographs of her art journal for the magazine and took part in an interview. I sent her the questions via Twitter but it wasn't a live interview, as a lot of the questions required thought out and complex answers.
I tried not to create questions that were too leading as I wanted Areeba to express her artistic style and inspirations to the audience, freely. Below is our interview:
I only gave her 10 questions as I want the main focus of the article to be her artwork.
Anna
The final interview I conducted this week was with Anna from dontcrampmystyle.co.uk for the Blog Space article. I wasn't originally sure about what kind of questions I would ask for this article or how many. The main idea of the post is to show off her blogging work space and schedule, however since she is an interior designer I wanted to get an insight into her inspiration behind the space.
I did some research and found THIS series from Urban Outfitters. I used some of their questions as a starting point and developed some of my own too.
I conducted the interview via email and have received Anna's answers today.
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| Anna's interview. |
Again I have been given permission by Anna to use her photographs in the article.
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Anna and Areeba both speak English as a second language and so I will need to edit their responses a little bit, so it makes more sense. However, overall I am really happy with the interviews so far and think I have a solid start for my magazine content. I am now writing the intro and outros for these interviews and I'm hoping to start working on some other articles later this week.
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