Radio Workshop: The Art of the Interview in Africa

Mics. Headphones. Batteries. You need one more ingredient for an interview: Great questions. In this workshop, you'll learn our tips and tricks to elicit an emotional story. We'll demonstrate our interview process in front of you, showing you each step from preparation to execution. Often, an interview starts long before you sit down and ask your first question. We know doing an interview in Africa can be extra challenging, so bring us your problems too. We can solve them together. Since interviews are an art, come develop your style with us.

About Radio Workshop

Radio Workshop trains youth across Africa to make radio and podcasts. We provide the tools and teach the skills. Youth bring us their creativity, local knowledge, and passion for tackling the issues that matter to them and their communities. They are the new generation of African journalists, thought leaders, storytellers, and advocates.

Founded in 2006 as the Children's Radio Foundation, we have trained over 5,000 youth reporters at more than 100 radio stations in 10 countries in Africa, reaching up to 9 million listeners weekly. Our podcast brings African youth stories to global audiences. Episodes of the Radio Workshop are distributed across podcast platforms and broadcast on radio station partners as free-to-use content.

About the Facilitators

Lesedi Mogoatlhe

Lesedi Mogoatlhe is a host and story editor for the Radio Workshop podcast. She worked with the Children’s Radio Foundation for several years training youth in radio production at sites across Africa. Her work includes training LGBTI+ activists and organizations to produce podcasts in Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa. She has previous experience working with creatives and producers in TV and Film, where she worked as a Documentary Director and Content Producer for over 15 years. She received her MA in documentary filmmaking from Sussex University. Lesedi also qualified as a development coach from UCT Business School and The Centre For Coaching.

Dhashen Moodley

Dhashen is a senior podcast producer with Radio Workshop. He has over 18 years of experience telling stories on public radio, TV and podcasts. Dhashen has previously produced stories for UNICEF, 99% invisible, Foreign Policy, SciDev, Mail & Guardian, Voice of America, Africa Report, Sound Africa, South African Broadcasting Corporation and eNews Channel Africa. Dhashen is a fellow of the United Nations Reham Al-Farra journalism program, Bloomberg Media Initiative in Africa, Netherlands Fellowship Program, and International Visitor Leadership Program. He holds a bachelor of commerce degree in marketing and management; and certificates in newsroom management, data journalism, and science reporting.

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