I just started getting into Rolling Stone just last week because I was looking for good photography references, then came across an interview of John Mayer and got caught up in it. It showed the quirky side of this celebrity, and I thought that that was very fun and interesting. This article can't be found on the internset yet, but I put the link for the magazine cover and overview of it.
Post a written reflection in which you describe what makes a great final product when a journalist (or group of writers, editors, etc.) create an interview that is presented in the professional world. We know an interview needs good questions... but what else makes these great? What other elements of writing are used? How does the writer create a final product that is more than a transcript of a conversation? What makes these finished, professional pieces of journalism?
It should give you a new perspective on the person. For example, a person could see an actor as the charactor that actor plays. Reading the interview should show/remind the reader that the actor is human. There has to be the details that you could learn just by getting to know the person a little, and then there also has to be those aspects of the person that digs a little deeper. Things you couldn't/wouldn't know at first.
My favorite interviews are the ones that are written like a story. Not exactly narrative non-fiction, but the kind that show the person's uniqueness. This information can come from simply observing the person. The interview article also has to be structured in a way that flows. If possible, make it have the same flow as the person who is being interviewed. This could be smooth and fluid, or jolty, or more defined.
Basically, there has to be personality put into it. Reading a dialogue is action packed, yes, but there's so much more information when you tie in what you see, and what you don't.
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