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How to interview someone
Interviews matter. Interviews are the foundation of good reporting. They are the best way of understanding a complicated situation and seeing it from someone else’s perspective. A wise, old editor of...
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Weird interview
Since I’m being mean to PR companies this week, I had to mention something that happened to me in April. I was writing a supplement for The Independent about eBay. I had put out a request on...
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Interview transcripts: curse or blessing?
When I do an interview I tend to write near-verbatim notes. This is an old habit from my days as a journalist. However, it gets me into some interesting problems when I do it for corporate clients. For...
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How to be a really lousy interviewee
The most popular search term on Google for this site is “How to interview.” I thought it would be fun to subvert the usual ‘how to…’ post with some some top tips for really screwing up an interview....
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Quotable quotes and nameable names
I’m starting a new feature on Bad Language – an agony column. This is inspired by guilty pleasure Dear Prudence on Slate. If you have any pressing problems, please send them to me and I’ll do my best...
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How to get the job you really want
I ran a computer games company for more than ten years. I read thousands of CVs and did hundreds of interviews. Now, I’m writer-in-chief at a technology marketing company, Articulate Marketing. This...
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Dutch writers and journalists
I met René van der Meer last year when I was in Amsterdam. He writes Aanhetwoord.com, a website about journalists, the working methods and ambitions. It’s a great resource for Dutch writers and I was...
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The keys to great content: interviewing and listening
This is the first lesson for writers — or anyone — who conducts interviews: If you want someone to talk, you’ve got to know how to listen. And good listening is a surprisingly active process. The...
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Jabra Pro 9450: The ultimate headset for writers?
I’ve always said that interviews are essential to good writing. (Yes, that’s five different pages of stuff about why you should do more interviews and how to do them better!) For years, I’ve been...
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How to give a good press interview
This article is about give a great press interview. For more tips on job interviews read How to get the job you really want instead. This post was first published on 7 February 2006 and I have updated...
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