Media training – how to give interviews

Application


Please register here.

Location


iDiv Leipzig, tba

Dates


23 October 2025, 10am – 5pm

Credit points


0.5 CP


Contents

 The training starts with a lecture and then focuses on repeated practice in front of the camera, including feedback rounds. Participants receive a video file of their performance.

The course content in detail:

  • How journalists work
  • What journalists want and how to work with them
  • Typical situations and questions
  • How to get your point across
  • Learn what you are good at and bad at
  • Practice: Speak, analyse, improve

Participants will learn how to explain their science in plain language (accurate, brief, clear). They learn how to make a strong impression in interviews and other situations and how to deal with journalists.

 


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Lecturer

Volker Hahn, PhD

Head of Media and Communications at iDiv. Longtime experience in science journalism, in particular for German television.