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This comprehensive book covers everything an aspiring interviewer needs to know from developing listening and observation skills to conducting interviews by electronic mail and surfing the Internet for story ideas. Creative Interviewing teaches students by using examples and anecdotal accounts of actual professional experiences. Students are provided with step-by-step instructions on how to prepare for and conduct a strong interview, how to obtain dramatic anecdotes from sources, how to build conversational rapport, how to conduct interviews for broadcast, and how to cope with the dynamics of a series of interviews on a certain topic.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Required reading for serious journalism students, 19 Sep 2003

By	Bert Ruiz "author/journalist" (Pleasantville, NY) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This book shows you how to conduct just about every type of interview. It also explains concepts, helps the journalist devise a plan and more importantly provides key information on how to cope with the "difficult interview." In my opinion, "The Writer's Guide to Gathering Information by Asking Questions: Creatinve Interviewing," by Ken Metzler should be required reading for serious journalism students everywhere.

"The need for interviewing skills is by no means confined to newspaper writers," according to the author. And I agree. The corporate world is always interviewing...they are always on the look for new talent. In many cases, they need to be better than simply ask, "where do you want to be in five years."

Believe or not there truly are many typical errors you want to avoid when interviewing. To this end, you will find a healthy discussion on how to avoid mistakes here. Moreover, this book will help you navigate the tricky interview process. Chapters two and three are terrific. Chapter two outlines the ten stages of the interview. And chapter three covers the conversational dynamics of interviewing. This book even includes a chapter on interviewing excercises.

All in all this book is a valuable tool for everyone interested in making journalism a profession. The gathering of information in journalism is primarily done by oral means. Consequently, it makes sense to seek the knowledge of a book that helps you control an interview and how to handle sensitive issues. Highly recommended.

Bert Ruiz

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5.0 out of 5 stars A cornerstone on which to build good journalistic skills, 1 Jul 1999

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The first edition of this book was used in a journalism program I took about 13 years ago. I found it to be a great, entertaining read, and extremely valuable in its common-sense approach to interviewing. Over the years since, I have trained many beginning journalists, and I find myself returning to Metzler's ideas often. I think this book should be required reading for anyone who has to conduct information-gathering interviews.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Required reading for serious journalism students, 23 Sep 2003

By	Bert Ruiz "author/journalist" (Pleasantville, NY) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This book shows you how to conduct just about every type of interview. It also explains concepts, helps the journalist devise a plan and more importantly provides key information on how to cope with the "difficult interview." In my opinion, "The Writer's Guide to Gathering Information by Asking Questions: Creatinve Interviewing," by Ken Metzler should be required reading for serious journalism students everywhere.
"The need for interviewing skills is by no means confined to newspaper writers," according to the author. And I agree. The corporate world is always interviewing...they are always on the look for new talent. In many cases, they need to be better than simply ask, "where do you want to be in five years."

Believe or not there truly are many typical errors you want to avoid when interviewing. To this end, you will find a healthy discussion on how to avoid mistakes here. Moreover, this book will help you navigate the tricky interview process. Chapters two and three are terrific. Chapter two outlines the ten stages of the interview. And chapter three covers the conversational dynamics of interviewing. This book even includes a chapter on interviewing excercises.

All in all this book is a valuable tool for everyone interested in making journalism a profession. The gathering of information in journalism is primarily done by oral means. Consequently, it makes sense to seek the knowledge of a book that helps you control an interview and how to handle sensitive issues. Highly recommended.

Bert Ruiz

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4.0 out of 5 stars good info
This book provides alot of good information and was very helpful to one who needed practical material on an introductory basis

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1.0 out of 5 stars A 200 page paperback should not be $31
I recently purchased this book, a requirment for one of my classes, at a cost of $32. It is absolutely criminal to charge such an exhorbinant amount of money for 50 cents worth... Read more

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