Topical Interviewing (continued)
Approaching sensitive issues
- If I remember correctly, when [organization name] got into trouble, [the national funder] was brought in by the City.
- I am not naive, I am not going to be shocked, I know not everything is as it is supposed to be, and such information will not turn me against you, your group, or the movement.
- Getting past formalistic statements
- Please think of a recent example in which you subdued a perpetrator. Could you tell me what happened from beginning to end?
- I really want to talk to you about the role of faulty welds in the coolant system in the recent shutdown of the plant. That is some folks are saying, and I would like to get your sides.