

It in person? Online? On the phone? There may be a lot of tools available, but The first thing you need to consider whenĬhoosing the right recording tool is where the conversation is taking place. The recording tools of the modern writer Photo by Jessica Lewis from Pexels To help you figure what’s out there and what’s working best these days, we’ve put together a list of what tools are available, what they do, and how to prepare for technical difficulties. Tool to record a phone call or a video interview? With so many options available, The problem is, what to use? What is the best We live in a gilded age ofīeing able to record just about any kind of conversation we want, everythingįrom in-person conversations to face-to-face video calls on the internet. Questionably reliable tape recorders) are gone. On nothing more than our ability to scribble madly in a notebook (or use Luckily for us, the days of having to rely


Interviewing people, though, we’ve been struggling with ways to capture those stories Adding firsthand experience, professional perspectives, and touching personal stories about a topic helps to elevate writing in a way that nothing, not even seriously in-depth research, can. If there is one thing guaranteed to improve a piece of writing and make it more interesting, it’s the addition of insights from others. CAPTURING WORDS-TOOLS WRITERS USE FOR RECORDING INTERVIEWS
