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    Talk to Me: How to Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers, and Interview Anyone Like a Pro
    Talk to Me: How to Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers, and Interview Anyone Like a Pro
    Talk to Me: How to Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers, and Interview Anyone Like a Pro
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    Talk to Me: How to Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers, and Interview Anyone Like a Pro

    Written by Dean Nelson

    Narrated by Michael David Axtell

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    From respected journalist, professor, and founder of the Writer's Symposium by the Sea, a book that demystifies the art and science of interviewing, in the vein of On Writing Well or How to Read Literature Like a Professor.

    “Dean Nelson is one of the best interviewers around.”—Anne Lamott

    Interviewing is the single most important way journalists (and doctors, lawyers, social workers, teachers, human resources staff, and, really, all of us) get information. Yet to many, the perfect interview feels more like luck than skill—a rare confluence of rapport, topic, and timing. But the thing is, great interviews aren’t the result of serendipity and intuition, but rather the result of careful planning and good journalistic habits. And Dean Nelson is here to show you how to nail the perfect interview every time.

    Drawing on forty-years of award-winning journalism and his experience as the founder and host of the Writer’s Symposium by the Sea, Nelson walks readers through each step of the journey from deciding whom to interview and structuring questions, to the nitty gritty of how to use a recording device and effective note-taking strategies, to the ethical dilemmas of interviewing people you love (and loathe). He also includes case studies of famous interviews to show readers how these principles play out in real time.

    Chalk full of comprehensive, time-tested, gold-standard advice, Talk to Me is an indispensable guide to the subtle art of the interview guaranteed to afford readers with the skills and confidence they need the next time they say, “talk to me.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateFeb 19, 2019
    ISBN9780062893987
    Author

    Dean Nelson

    Dean Nelson is an award-winning journalist who writes for the New York Times as well as Sojourners and Christianity Today. He is author of 14 books.

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    • 4/5
      Excelent book, however i was really excited when dean says that he would speak on hpw to ask pain points questions and specific question but no , is a perfect bpok for a journalist guy or someone that want to start a podcast