Every story is different, but sometimes it helps to have a mental checklist of questions to ask during interviews. NASW member Charles Choi offers his suggestions in a ScholarCast blog post on Nature's Scitable: "Although science writing might on the face of it largely seem about organizing and explaining concepts in ways understandable to audience, if the science writer did not ask the right questions to begin with, he or she will be at a loss to explain anything."
September 3, 2012