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How to Cite an Interview Source in Chicago Style

The Chicago Manual of Style, created by the University of Chicago, is commonly used with history papers. Footnotes and bibliographies are required when using Chicago style. When citing an interview, note that a published interview should have both forms of citation. An unpublished interview is considered a form of personal communication and is cited only in footnotes. You can cite unpublished interviews in two different formats; email interviews are cited as personal communications while phone or in-person interviews have slightly different rules.

Instructions

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  Cite published interviews with the name of the person interviewed, the conductor of the interview, the publisher and the date. Broadcast interviews are also considered published and should be cited with the network name or radio station. For example: Darren Criss, interview by Ryan Seacrest, Morning Show, 103.3 KISS FM, April 3, 2011.
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  Cite unpublished interviews (not email interviews) with the interviewee, the interviewer, the date and the medium. For example: James Joyce, interview by Henry D. Thoreau, October 11, 1983, transcript.
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  Cite email interviews as a personal communication with the name, what the email was and the date. For example: Bruce Wayne, email message to author, June 27, 2011. The author refers to the person conducting the interview, in this case, the author of the research paper.

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