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Author Stein, M. L. (Meyer L.)

Title Talk straight, listen carefully : the art of interviewing / M.L. Stein, Susan F. Paterno
Edition First edition
Published Ames : Iowa State University Press, 2001

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Description viii, 206 pages ; 18 cm
Contents 1. The Need for an Interview and How to Get One -- 2. Preparing for the Interview -- 3. What Is Your Objective -- 4. Interviewing on the Run -- 5. Breaking Down the Barriers -- 6. The Phone: An Essential Tool -- 7. Interviewing for Features -- 8. Strategic Interviews -- 9. The Ethical Interviewer -- 10. Cleaning It All Up -- 11. Writing It All Down
Summary "Interviewing is a vital tool for journalists. In Talk Straight, Listen Carefully, the authors and other seasoned journalists share their interviewing experience and explain how to successfully approach all types of people, extract information, and gain solid material." "Print and broadcast students and journalists will find far more them the standard interviewing tips, including: the qualitative differences between "hard news" interviews and feature or profile story interviews; strategies for obtaining hard-to-get interviews; methods for managing unwilling, shy, hostile, and fearful sources; techniques for "interviewing on the run"; interview-related ethical questions and dilemmas; getting to sources beyond the initial interview; and extracting color and human interest from an interview."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206)
Subject Interviewing in journalism.
Author Paterno, Susan.
LC no. 2001016870
ISBN 0813818389 alkaline paper