Interview Skills Workshop with Alok Jha
Bookings now closed.
Bookings now closed. All those booked will be sent final joining instructions and some reading material on Friday May 10, 2024.
Tuesday May 14, 2024
14:00 - 18:00 Workshop (including coffee/tea breaks)
18:00 - 20:00 Drinks reception with finger food and networking
Venue: Jean Hanson Room, Henriette Raphaelle Building,Guys Campus, King's College London, London SE1 1YR
Don't miss out on this workshop developed after huge demand for Alok's session at last year's Science & Technology Journalism Summer School.
In this workshop you will learn how to interview to get the most out of your interviewee, how to get the answers you need, keep the interviewee engaged and on topic. A highly practical workshop that will see you interviewing scientists from King's College, and receiving feedback from our expert interviewer.
You will be required to do some pre-work for this workshop to research the scientists available for interview on the day.
Workshop leader: Alok Jha, Science and Technology Editor, The Economist
Facilitator: Alex O'Brien, Vice-Chair, ABSW
ABSW Members' receive a registration discount.
Why not join the ABSW to enjoy members' rates and all the other benefits of ABSW membership?
With thanks to King's College London for partnering with the ABSW on the Interview Skills Workshop.
Alok Jha, Science and Technology Editor, The Economist
Alok Jha is the science and technology editor at The Economist. He's also the host of the paper's weekly science podcast, "Babbage".
Before that, he was a science correspondent for ITV News and the Guardian, covering daily news and current affairs for more than a decade. He has also written and presented multiple TV and radio documentary series for the BBC. In 2018, he spent a year as a Wellcome fellow, developing new storytelling formats for complex topics.
He has reported from all over the world, including live from Antarctica, and is also the author of three popular science books, including “The Water Book” (Headline, 2015).
Alex O'Brien
Alex O’Brien is a science writer based in London, UK. Her work has been published by The Times, BBC, Scientific American, New Scientist, The Guardian and others.
In her first non-fiction science book ‘The Truth Detective’ she calls on all of us to regularly interrogate the narratives and information we are given. It’s a book on critical thinking.
She is particularly passionate about teaching critical thinking skills to young people. She spearheaded the UK Young Science Writer Award, which is aimed at students from state-funded schools to help encourage them into a career in STEM.
When she doesn’t write she competes on the global poker circuit.
