The Art of the Interview: A Guide to Insightful Interviewing - Softcover

Perlich, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1879505932 ISBN 13: 9781879505933

Publisher: Silman-James Pr, 2007

Synopsis

The Art of the Interview teaches just that - the interviewer's art of preparation, attitude, interaction, and improvisation. In its few pages, it provides a set of practical guidelines for both novice and veteran interviewers working in all media. Through the author's accompanying tales and anecdotes, culled from his long career, these guidelines are brought to life and light is shed on the activity's many pitfalls and agile-minded ways of avoiding them.

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About the Author

Martin Perlich is program director at the Los Angeles-area public radio station KCSN.

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PREFACE

I have arranged The Art of the Interview in a systematic, easy-to-use format that allows anyone, from a first-time user to a seasoned professional, to find and take from it whatever he or she needs: from basic structures and practical procedures, to advanced "inside-the-head" concepts and methods. For 40 years, in virtually all media, I have conducted practically every type of interview--celebrity, political, author, sports, arts, scientific--in all types of formats--print, radio, TV, film, Internet, recorded, and live broadcast. I've worked with a broad spectrum of public figures, celebrities and politicians, and regular people who happen to find themselves in front of my microphone. I was never schooled in broadcast. What I present here is culled from what I've experienced, and I've drawn certain conclusions regarding general rules, guidelines, and stratagems that I believe will be helpful to you. I have included a number of interview anecdotes, which will serve to illuminate the text. Take from the book whatever you need, but, above all, enjoy it--and the interviews it will certainly facilitate.

Edition details

• Publisher: Silman-James Pr
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1879505932
• ISBN 13: 9781879505933
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 131