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Graham Fraser's avatar

Very good advice. The only one I would add — which is implicit in your points — is “Listen! Don’t just wait for the chance to ask the next question you prepared.” Matt Galloway is very good at this; he listens intensely to what the interviewee is saying, and calmly asks him or her to explain something that was just said.

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TVdonyoung's avatar

Barbara Frum had a useful technique for wrapping up a long-winded interview...she would use the person's name in the context of a rhetorical question. As in...."Prime Minister Thatcher? Thank you for doing this." Useful column for all of us, Paul. Thanks.

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