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How to Cite Specific Information From an Interview

Interviews can be a valuable resource for those working on essays as well as other college-level papers. With an array of choices from interviews over the phone, in person and on the radio, the way an interview is cited will all depend on how it was done and by whom. For personal interviews, the citation methods will appear shorter where the word "interview" shows the interview was conducted by the individual writing the paper. Begin working on your citation by following the common MLA, or Modern Language Association, format.

Instructions

    • 1

      Make sure all of your quotations are accounted for. Any time you use information from your interview or paraphrase, you should point the reader to your citation or resource.

    • 2

      Lead into the information from the interview by giving the person you interviewed an introduction. For example: "According to John Doe" and then continue the sentence by including information from your interview.

    • 3

      Cite the interview either in the footnotes or end notes of your work. Keep in mind that among the various types of interviews, the formatting will be different depending on if you're using a personal interview or one conducted by someone else.

    • 4

      Use the following format if you were the one who did the interview:

      Interviewee's name, the type of interview, the date of the interview

    • 5

      Read over the list of interview types below and place it where it says "interview" in the step above if you interviewed the same person multiple times in different formats.

      E-mail interview

      Video conference interview

      Radio interview (including which station it aired on)

      Teleconference interview

      Personal interview

    • 6

      Cite interviews conducted by someone other than yourself by using the following format below.

      Name of the person who was interviewed, name of the person who did the interview, title of the work or program (in italics) and the date.

    • 7

      Use the examples below to get an idea of how you can cite interviews from published works, radio interviews as well as research.

      For published works such as magazines:

      John Doe. Mary Jane. Title of the interview or article (in italics). Title of the book or magazine the interview appeared including the volume number, issue number and date of publication.

      For broadcast interviews such as ones that would air on the radio:

      John Doe. Mary Jane. Title of the program (in italics). Name of the network. Call numbers of the network, city where the local station's located: broadcast date. Radio.

      For interviews conducted by a researcher:

      John Doe. Kind of interview (personal or telephone). The date of the interview.

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