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Interviewing for Journalists focuses on the central journalistic skill of how to ask the right questions in the right way. It is a practical and concise guide for all print and online journalists – professionals, students and trainees – who write news stories and features for newspapers, magazines and online publications. In the age of digital journalism, where computer-based research is easily available, this new edition seeks to emphasise the value of getting out there, engaging with people directly and building relationships to create original and meaningful media content.

Interviewing for Journalists highlights the many different approaches to interviewing, from vox pops and press conferences to news interviews and in-depth profiles. This third edition features brand new interviews with some of the most successful journalists in the industry, including Camilla Long of The Sunday Times, Heidi Blake of BuzzFeed UK, Brian Viner of the Daily Mail and award-winning freelance writers Cole Moreton and Stephanie Rafanelli. It covers every stage of interviewing, such as research, fixing interviews, structuring questions, body language, how to get vivid quotes and how to handle challenging interviews.

The third edition of Interviewing for Journalists includes:

Interviewing for Journalists focuses on the central journalistic skill of how to ask the right questions in the right way. It is a practical and concise guide for all print and online journalists – professionals, students and trainees – who write news stories and features for newspapers, magazines and online publications. In the age of digital journalism, where computer-based research is easily available, this new edition seeks to emphasise the value of getting out there, engaging with people directly and building relationships to create original and meaningful media content.

Interviewing for Journalists highlights the many different approaches to interviewing, from vox pops and press conferences to news interviews and in-depth profiles. This third edition features brand new interviews with some of the most successful journalists in the industry, including Camilla Long of The Sunday Times, Heidi Blake of BuzzFeed UK, Brian Viner of the Daily Mail and award-winning freelance writers Cole Moreton and Stephanie Rafanelli. It covers every stage of interviewing, such as research, fixing interviews, structuring questions, body language, how to get vivid quotes and how to handle challenging interviews.

The third edition of Interviewing for Journalists includes:

Anna Armitage is determined to reach the top as a news photo-journalist. She''s got the talent. She''s got the drive. All she needs is the luck...Sam Turner, former Daily-News high-flyer, is on the slide. Too expensive to fire, the new management are hoping late call-outs to cover lousy stories will force him to resign .So the Bella Fraser fiasco is the last thing either of them needs. The novice and the old hack screw up big time- and the supermodel splash goes to the Chronicle instead. But a great partnership has been born. Together, Anna and Sam just survive megalomaniac proprietors, ruthless news editors, a hawkish peer intent on introducing a privacy law- and Bella Fraser. Oh, and they might topple a Home Secretary or so along the way...

Kate and Laura Hollingberry are sisters. But whilst they have a close relationship, they couldn''''t be more different. While Laura is happy to get an undemanding little job to pass the time until she finds Mr. Right, Kate wants more out of list than a suitable husband. Determined to make her own way in life and not rely on her tycoon father''s money or influence, Kate''s taken a position at a local newspaper far away from home. But it''s her first job, her first bid for independence, and anything can happen...

Juliette Ward is tired of trying to be superwoman. Her job''s driving her crazy, her house has been burgled three times and she''s scared to let her six-year-old son out to play. But just as she persuades her family to move to the country, her DJ husband Jon promptly lands the breakfast show on a new London radio station. Juliette knows he''d be mad to turn down his big break. But she hates the thought of swapping her stable marriage for a long-distance relationship. Big city versus country idyll? If only things were that simple...