Chicago (author-date) · Interview
How to cite an interview in Chicago (author-date)
A published interview, in a magazine, newspaper, or online outlet, is cited like the publication that carried it, with the interviewee as the anchor. Interviews you conducted yourself are different: most styles treat them as personal communications cited in text only, under your institution's ethics rules.
Worked example · Chicago (author-date)
Lovelace, Ada. 2025. “A Conversation on Research Integrity.” Example Academic Review, April 22. https://www.example.org/interviews/integrity.
Rendered with the official Chicago (author-date) style file from a placeholder source (reserved example DOI and domain), so the format is exactly what the style produces. In text: Author-date in-text citations, for example (Author 2021), with a reference list.
What to collect before you cite an interview
- The interviewee (the person whose words you use)
- Title the outlet gave the interview
- The publication or outlet that carried it
- Publication date
- URL for online interviews
- The date you accessed it
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Citing an interview in Chicago (author-date): FAQ
Interviewee or interviewer: who is the author?
Styles differ, but the interviewee usually anchors the reference because their words are the source. The interviewer appears in the entry when the style provides a slot for them.
How do I cite interviews I conducted for my own research?
As research data, not as published sources: styles handle them as personal communications or refer to your appendix, and consent and anonymisation rules take priority over citation format.
The interview is a video. Is it an interview or a video citation?
Cite the container you used: a video platform interview follows the video format, a magazine transcript follows the interview format shown here.
What does the in-text citation look like in Chicago (author-date)?
Author-date in-text citations, for example (Author 2021), with a reference list.
Is the example on this page hand-written?
No. It is rendered by the same citation engine and official CSL style file CiteDash uses for full thesis bibliographies, from a clearly-marked placeholder source, and a test re-renders it on every release so the page can never drift from the engine.