Comments on: The new media interview

By: Googling for answers at twopointouch: web 2.0, blogs and social media

Googling for answers at twopointouch: web 2.0, blogs and social media — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:33:56 +0000

[...] For some reason, my request for a face-to-face interview with Larry Page and Sergey Brin was unsuccessful. Apparently, I needed to ask in 1996 to get an appointment any time soon. Nonetheless, the Google people were keen to answer my questions about the business. On the less positive side, I had to do the whole thing by email and the answers need to be attributed to a ‘Google spokesperson’. As I’ve said before, I think email interviews are less than satisfactory. Being a big company, they have to be pretty circumspect and so some of the answers are a bit bland, to say the least. Nonetheless, thought I’d share a portion of what they provided. Thank you, Oliver at Google UK, for co-ordinating this. [...]

By: The Robert Scoble interview at twopointouch: web 2.0, blogs and social media

The Robert Scoble interview at twopointouch: web 2.0, blogs and social media — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:25:58 +0000

[...] Anyway, he isn’t. Yes, he’s laid-back and he did use the expression ‘real good’. We only had a short conversation, but I can imagine him being a big hugger. I like that sometimes, though. Anyway, I was disarmed. He seems to be a charming man. Actually, I’ve been really lucky so far, and only a couple of my Web 2.0 interviews have been with people who turned my flesh. Bottom line? You try to knock the scobleizer and you go through me first. Also, cheers to Robert for doing a live interview after the recent debate on the subject. [...]

By: The Media Interview » Blog Archive » The view from the inbox

The Media Interview » Blog Archive » The view from the inbox — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:59:24 +0000

[...] Been lots of reaction to Steve Rubel’s thoughts on reinventing the media interview, including journalist Ian Delaney’s comments on email interviews. He lists four things he doesn’t like about them: [...]

By: Ian Delaney

Ian Delaney — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:57:47 +0000

George – that’s a fair point. I would certainly not go as far as to say that written responses are never useful. Just that I think that the considerable benefits of live interviews mustn’t be thrown out with the bathwater, or viewed as old-fashioned, as we start to experiment with new forms.

By: Does the interview need reinventing? » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work

Does the interview need reinventing? » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:48:22 +0000

[...] I’ve been meaning to write about a recent post by PR blogger Steve Rubel entitled “reinventing the media interview,” and a friend’s e-mail this morning jogged my memory and reminded me that I hadn’t done so yet. His e-mail also mentioned a response to Steve’s post by British journalist Ian Delaney, who blogs at Two Point Ouch and is apparently writing a book on this whole Web 2.0 thingamajig we’re all wandering around in. [...]

By: George Plumley

George Plumley — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:24:09 +0000

Stonewalling is stonewalling, whether it’s in an email or a live interview, but it’s harder to do in a live interview, so I would agree that investigative journalism will have limited uses for email interviews. However, in the case of say, an author interview, email might actually be more useful – especially for the tongue-tied scribe.

By: Antony Mayfield

Antony Mayfield — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:29:07 +0000

Spot on, Ian.