Comments on: A great interviewer, or human http://importanceofideas.com/2009/01/13/being-a-great-journalist-or-being-human/ Engaged in the big (and small) ideas on media + society Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:10:57 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Jason Whittaker http://importanceofideas.com/2009/01/13/being-a-great-journalist-or-being-human/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Jason Whittaker Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:40:24 +0000 http://importanceofideas.com/?p=184#comment-7 I guess all sorts of things go into a great interview. Certainly timing. The best ones are completely forensic - nothing left to chance. A brilliant movie, no question. An absolute thriller, and not a special effect in sight. Thanks heaps for the feedback. Been enjoying your work at mumbrella. Hope to build my own little audience here with comment on media and other ideas that catch my gaze. I guess all sorts of things go into a great interview. Certainly timing. The best ones are completely forensic – nothing left to chance.

A brilliant movie, no question. An absolute thriller, and not a special effect in sight.

Thanks heaps for the feedback. Been enjoying your work at mumbrella. Hope to build my own little audience here with comment on media and other ideas that catch my gaze.

]]> By: Tim Burrowes - mumbrella http://importanceofideas.com/2009/01/13/being-a-great-journalist-or-being-human/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Tim Burrowes - mumbrella Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:14:16 +0000 http://importanceofideas.com/?p=184#comment-6 I wonder, too, how much of an element in the great TV interview encounters is the luck of timing. The Princess Diana / Martin Bashir interview comes to mind. I suspect a month earlier or a month later and it never would have happened, or certainly not in the same amazing way. Similarly, while persistence got Frost the interview, Nixon had to be at a point where he could be opened up. Brilliant movie though, isn't it? Cheers, Tim - mumbrella I wonder, too, how much of an element in the great TV interview encounters is the luck of timing.

The Princess Diana / Martin Bashir interview comes to mind. I suspect a month earlier or a month later and it never would have happened, or certainly not in the same amazing way.

Similarly, while persistence got Frost the interview, Nixon had to be at a point where he could be opened up.

Brilliant movie though, isn’t it?

Cheers,

Tim – mumbrella

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