The Media Interview

More and more print publications are putting their interviews online. Be aware that most of these are edited transcripts. Where possible I’ll try to indicate if they are original unedited versions.
Maclean’s Magazine (Canada)

From JazzFanz.com:
Utah Jazz rookie center Kyrylo Fesenko had to cut his post-game media interviews short on Wednesday night after the Jazz’s 101-93 preseason win over the Philadelphia 76ers. Fesenko’s ride was leaving and didn’t want to wait. No, the youngster hasn’t hired a limo driver with his new NBA riches. He just can’t drive… The [...]

Detroit Lions wide receiver Roy Williams was out delivering pizzas for an afternoon recently - all because of a media interview.
Back on September 24th, during his weekly chat on WDFN radio, Williams said he never tips the people who deliver pizza. Doh! Despite trying to clarify himself on a later broadcast, the outrage [...]

And we thought the idea of airing an interview with OJ Simpson about hypothetical murder was bad. German TV network has just aired the first TV interview with a convicted cannibal. All we can hope for is extremely low ratings.

Karrine Steffans achieved notoriety with her 2005 book, Confessions of a Video Vixen, a tell-all about her sexual encounters with the rich and famous. One of her lovers had a pet name for her - superhead - and the name stuck. Now she’s out peddling her new book, another tell-all called The Vixen Diaries. [...]

The way NPR’s Bryant Park Project tells it, the Icelandic band Sigur Ros was at fault for what it calls “possibly the worst interview in the history of electronic media”.
Seriously.
It was that bad.
We’re not sure if they were tired, or if it was a language thing, or what… but wow.
Whereas most shows would just bury [...]

Many professionals are torn between wanting to promote themselves during a media interview and sounding boastful. Here’s one good solution from C.J. Hayden, who helps professionals market themselves:
One of the secrets to effective articles, talks, and interviews is to tell stories about your clients. When you describe their challenges and accomplishments, you reveal the [...]

Having finished a confrontational radio interview, Lowell Massachusetts school committee member, Jackie Doherty attends a breakfast meeting and is introduced to one of the radio station’s owners:
We talked about whether radio had to be nasty to attract listeners. He said you can have “provocative” radio without being overly negative (wouldn’t that be something).
The culture of [...]

What are people feeling and doing while being interviewed by phone? You can find postings like this one from director Arin Crumley that give you some perspective:
CFUN Radio Interview - Arin CrumleyUploaded by Arincrumley
Arin and co-director Susan Buice have a good little collection of videos of their phone interviews - it’s a great way [...]

I was reading Where Do You Stand’s piece on Dick Cheney’s wife promoting her new book on The Daily Show. Justin calls Lynne Cheney’s chat with Jon Stewart “one of the most awkward interviews I’ve ever witnessed”. Even Comedy Central promotes the clip as “an extremely uncomfortable interview.”
Now it’s Daily Show guests who [...]