Converting Transcripts to Blog Posts

Intern assigned to this project: Shelly Seth

Mentor & primary contact: Katie Taylor

We’ll be adding more resources as you work on the project, so make sure to check this page every day before you get started.

Introduction

We’re excited to have you starting on your first project! Interviews with professionals serve many purposes at Concussion Alliance. Primarily they are a great resource for our readers, where they can learn about new types of treatments in development, how professionals and clinicians operate, and more. Interviews also provide an opportunity for CA to make connections that could benefit us and our readership.

The four interviews we you will be processing are in varying levels of processing. It might be a good idea to start with the two that are more complete to get a feel for things before you jump into the two that are raw transcripts.

Transcripts

Link to the Google Drive Folder with all 4 transcripts

Your work space

Google Drive folder for your working documents.

Trello. We will be working with you to set up your Trello workspace.

What form to choose for an interview blog post?

Below is an example of an interview that was turned into a text article. We will look for additional examples.

Psychiatrist Explores Possible Benefits of Treating PTSD with Ecstasy or Cannabis. Interview by Terry Gross for NPR’s Fresh Air, which was edited for radio and then adapted for the web. This post has:

  • Great title, then a photo with an explanatory caption

  • Introduction (5 paragraphs)

  • Interview highlights, with subheadings. The text itself appears to be from the interview transcription, not a summary by a different author.

  • A sidebar quote

Some resources for you regarding writing scientific blog posts and interview blog posts

  • This Lantern Article has a great template for an interview blog post. However, the rest of the blog post is not particularly relevant, so you can probably just scroll past it to the template.

  • This New York Ave article on best practices for blog posts is a little dry, but there are some good foundational pieces in there

Resources for specific concussion topics

Educational resources to help you get comfortable with topics covered in the interviews