Interviewing journalists about their own published articles on Muslims requires a staged, four-part schedule

Evidence

A total of 23 (n = 23) in-depth semi-structured qualitative interviews with British newspaper journalists were carried out between January to July 2018. The interviews were carried out mostly in person and each lasted approximately 60 minutes. An interview schedule was drawn up to serve as a flexible guide for the interviewer. This was divided into four sections: 1. Questions about participants personal journeys into journalism; 2. Questions about Journalism as a practice; 3. Specific discussions about articles written by journalist involving Muslims; 4. Questions about the general debate on the negative representation of Muslims. — Nadia Haq, ‘The National Media Just Sees Muslims…, 27

Categorization

• XREF: Useful template for interview-based discourse research: route from biography to practice to specific texts to the meta-debate.