Comments on: The phone, email, blog interview flap http://www.wordyard.com/2007/04/26/phone-interviews/ Technology, politics, culture Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:43:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ziv http://www.wordyard.com/2007/04/26/phone-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-10596 Ziv Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:18:56 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1270#comment-10596 I agree that the having a follow-up conversation through a phone conversation or an email are interesting methods. However, I believe that the human’s voice and speech are effective way to evaluate – therefore, a phone is a good channel. You may get essential good info from a follow up proper well reviewed and versioned email. These may replace face to face interview/conversations. I agree that the having a follow-up conversation through a phone conversation or an email are interesting methods. However, I believe that the human’s voice and speech are effective way to evaluate – therefore, a phone is a good channel. You may get essential good info from a follow up proper well reviewed and versioned email.
These may replace face to face interview/conversations.

]]> By: Neil Elliott http://www.wordyard.com/2007/04/26/phone-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Neil Elliott Wed, 02 May 2007 16:57:43 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1270#comment-612 I insisted on an e-mail interview with Ellen Warren of the Chicago Tribune, and she still gave me a fucking, using only those parts of my response that supported her pre-conceived conclusions. So e-mail interview is no defense to a journalist determined to misquote. Still, I like it better and I'm glad I made that choice. It's good to have everything in writing, although she used that to make it seem as if I was uncooperative, even though I answered every question without evasion, delay, or subterfuge, in 58 separate--and thorough--e-mails. I insisted on an e-mail interview with Ellen Warren of the Chicago Tribune, and she still gave me a fucking, using only those parts of my response that supported her pre-conceived conclusions. So e-mail interview is no defense to a journalist determined to misquote. Still, I like it better and I’m glad I made that choice. It’s good to have everything in writing, although she used that to make it seem as if I was uncooperative, even though I answered every question without evasion, delay, or subterfuge, in 58 separate–and thorough–e-mails.

]]> By: The Blog | Jay Rosen: That Man Tried to Run You Over. Why Are You Having Dinner With Him? | The Huffington Post http://www.wordyard.com/2007/04/26/phone-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-615 The Blog | Jay Rosen: That Man Tried to Run You Over. Why Are You Having Dinner With Him? | The Huffington Post Wed, 02 May 2007 12:36:23 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1270#comment-615 [...] would have been better off blogging about his e-mailed questions. As Scott Rosenberg observed last week, "In the online conversation, the reporter doesn't get the last word. And the reporter [...] [...] would have been better off blogging about his e-mailed questions. As Scott Rosenberg observed last week, “In the online conversation, the reporter doesn’t get the last word. And the reporter [...]

]]> By: alex mihaileanu | pur si simplu : Blog Archive : interviul: pe mail, prin telefon sau face-to-face? http://www.wordyard.com/2007/04/26/phone-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-626 alex mihaileanu | pur si simplu : Blog Archive : interviul: pe mail, prin telefon sau face-to-face? Wed, 02 May 2007 10:10:38 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1270#comment-626 [...] însemnarea de faţă, am mai descoperit o părere interesantă şi demnă de luat în seamă. Scott Rosenberg întăreşte ideile de mai sus: It’s undeniable that pros prefer phoners. Partly it’s because the phone is fast, [...] [...] însemnarea de faţă, am mai descoperit o părere interesantă şi demnă de luat în seamă. Scott Rosenberg întăreşte ideile de mai sus: It’s undeniable that pros prefer phoners. Partly it’s because the phone is fast, [...]

]]> By: MediaChannel.org http://www.wordyard.com/2007/04/26/phone-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-619 MediaChannel.org Tue, 01 May 2007 16:21:27 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1270#comment-619 [...] would have been better off blogging about his e-mailed questions. As Scott Rosenberg observed last week, “In the online conversation, the reporter doesn’t get the last word. And the [...] [...] would have been better off blogging about his e-mailed questions. As Scott Rosenberg observed last week, “In the online conversation, the reporter doesn’t get the last word. And the [...]

]]> By: Heather Green http://www.wordyard.com/2007/04/26/phone-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-625 Heather Green Tue, 01 May 2007 14:15:43 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1270#comment-625 Understood and it's a good point that bears repeating. Email is an integral part of what everyone does these days. And there is plenty of news gathering and relationship building that's done via email. But I think that you might have done better to pick someone else as your example. Because I said in my post that I do email interviews. But when it's an in depth conversation, which seems to be specifically what we're talking about with Fred Volgestein, I prefer to do it via the phone. Understood and it’s a good point that bears repeating. Email is an integral part of what everyone does these days. And there is plenty of news gathering and relationship building that’s done via email. But I think that you might have done better to pick someone else as your example. Because I said in my post that I do email interviews. But when it’s an in depth conversation, which seems to be specifically what we’re talking about with Fred Volgestein, I prefer to do it via the phone.

]]> By: Scott Rosenberg http://www.wordyard.com/2007/04/26/phone-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-624 Scott Rosenberg Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:52:03 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1270#comment-624 Thanks for responding, Heather. I don't really see it as an either/or debate, either. I think this all started with Fred Vogelstein drawing a line and saying he doesn't do email interviews, period. So what I and others are doing is saying, hey, that's crazy; there are times when in person or phone are ideal, but there are other times when email is just fine. And increasingly there are going to be people like Calacanis and Winer who live their lives online and who are just going to prefer conducting their business with journalists through email or blogs. And it behooves journalists to get comfortable with that. Yes, the human voice has nuances, and if you're doing a human interest story or color then email isn't as good. But if you're after information, why exclude this important channel? And, I'd argue, for those of us who are writers, email interviews aren't simply a poor cousin to phoners; what you might lose in vocal nuance and instantaneous followup you sometimes gain back in reflection, and in being able to go deeper and into more detail, and in having an easy-to-fall-back-on record that both parties to the conversation can share. Thanks for responding, Heather. I don’t really see it as an either/or debate, either. I think this all started with Fred Vogelstein drawing a line and saying he doesn’t do email interviews, period. So what I and others are doing is saying, hey, that’s crazy; there are times when in person or phone are ideal, but there are other times when email is just fine. And increasingly there are going to be people like Calacanis and Winer who live their lives online and who are just going to prefer conducting their business with journalists through email or blogs. And it behooves journalists to get comfortable with that. Yes, the human voice has nuances, and if you’re doing a human interest story or color then email isn’t as good. But if you’re after information, why exclude this important channel? And, I’d argue, for those of us who are writers, email interviews aren’t simply a poor cousin to phoners; what you might lose in vocal nuance and instantaneous followup you sometimes gain back in reflection, and in being able to go deeper and into more detail, and in having an easy-to-fall-back-on record that both parties to the conversation can share.

]]> By: Heather Green http://www.wordyard.com/2007/04/26/phone-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-623 Heather Green Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:05:12 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1270#comment-623 Hi Scott, I think you might have missed my point. I am not arguing that conversations should stop. If I did, I certainly wouldn't blog or respond to other folks and their blogs. And heck, I have no power to end conversations. Even before the Internet, people were able to keep a conversation going about something once it was printed or said. Of course, the Internet and new forms of social media speed that up. My point isn't simply that I think that the only way to have a followup conversation is through a phone conversation. My point is that I prefer phone conversations because I think that for the most part humans pick up more nuances in speech, especially when you don't know everything about a story. You can follow up on those hints and ideas in a way that I find it more difficult to do with email. I don't understand why suddenly this is a one or the other debate. Hi Scott,

I think you might have missed my point. I am not arguing that conversations should stop. If I did, I certainly wouldn’t blog or respond to other folks and their blogs. And heck, I have no power to end conversations. Even before the Internet, people were able to keep a conversation going about something once it was printed or said. Of course, the Internet and new forms of social media speed that up.

My point isn’t simply that I think that the only way to have a followup conversation is through a phone conversation. My point is that I prefer phone conversations because I think that for the most part humans pick up more nuances in speech, especially when you don’t know everything about a story. You can follow up on those hints and ideas in a way that I find it more difficult to do with email. I don’t understand why suddenly this is a one or the other debate.

]]> By: charliebeckett.org » Blog Archive » Phone or email? http://www.wordyard.com/2007/04/26/phone-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-622 charliebeckett.org » Blog Archive » Phone or email? Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:55:21 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1270#comment-622 [...] way to carry out an interview? New Media blog champions like Jeff Jarvis at Buzzmachine and Scott Rosenberg strongly favour email because it means you can’t be misquoted and the interviewee gets the [...] [...] way to carry out an interview? New Media blog champions like Jeff Jarvis at Buzzmachine and Scott Rosenberg strongly favour email because it means you can’t be misquoted and the interviewee gets the [...]

]]> By: BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Put down that phone http://www.wordyard.com/2007/04/26/phone-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-621 BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Put down that phone Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:22:15 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1270#comment-621 [...] Rosenberg weighs in on the phone-v-email interview debate with refreshing directness: It’s undeniable that pros [...] [...] Rosenberg weighs in on the phone-v-email interview debate with refreshing directness: It’s undeniable that pros [...]

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