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Tips for Interviews

Jeff Jarvis, Sarah Lacy, Facebook and SXSW

March 17, 2008

I like Jeff Jarvis’ take on Sarah Lacy’s interview with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at SXSW.
Here is one clip of the interview featured on YouTube .
There are several things to learn from this particular interview and how it went from both journalist and media/pr perspective.
While Sarah is actually a good journalist and writer and no [...]

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You Can’t Take the Southern Drawl Out On Skype

September 2, 2007

I’m really thrilled to have been interviewed by the very talented (and funny) Luke Armour from Blog Forward. The interview focuses completely on interviews and interviewing techniques. (Note to self: Don’t say “um” so much. Drats!)
So if you’re inclined go check it out.

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Interviewing 101

March 9, 2007

Imagine! Front page interview on the Arts Section and all you have to do is give a 15 minute interview via phoner with a really anxious journalist and fan of your work.
It’s harder than you think, and what oftentimes can happen is the interview comes out in print "reading flat" and uninspiring or worse [...]

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