Interview transcription and management

Practical workflows for journalists managing interviews from preparation through publication.

When to activate

• Preparing questions for an interview
• Processing audio/video recordings
• Creating or managing transcripts
• Organizing notes from multiple sources
• Building a source relationship database
• Generating timestamped quotes for fact-checking
• Converting recordings to publishable quotes

Recording setup for transcription

For pre-interview research, question design, attribution agreements, and consent scripts, use the interview-prep skill. The notes here cover only the recording configuration that affects transcription quality.