How do I reference and cite an unpublished interview or class lecture?
Answer
Unpublished interviews and class lectures are considered personal communications. These include interviews that you conducted yourself, or live, in-person interviews or lectures that you heard.
Don't create a reference for an unpublished interview or lecture. Instead, create and use in-text citations only.
Don't use quotations for unpublished interviews or lectures. Instead, paraphrase what you heard.
Create a citation
Template
(A. Lastname, personal communication, Month Day, Year)
Example
(J. McGill, personal communication, October 12, 2015).
See the APA 7 website for more information.