The interview is a staple of the travel journalists’ repertoire.
guest post by Sarah Stuteville
Journalism is a creative job. Despite all the professors who told me articles were a fixed formula plugged up with simple facts and despite the avalanche of clichéd crap that passes for most mainstream journalism, I stand by that statement.
The finished product may be a piece of writing that you craft, but the material a result of the interviews you conduct.
Like any creative profession, you use your perception to re-interpret the world around you. You try to engage an audience with ideas and issues—you create something meaningful from all the incoherent information and noise out there.
But here’s the catch: good journalism is dependent on a total stranger’s cooperation and participation.
At the heart of this issue is the interview. The finished product may be a piece of writing that you […]
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