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Hear the beating heart of great journalism

Journalists are always imagined asking questions but seldom seen listening to the answers. Yet listening is at the beating heart of good journalism, especially when interviewing. Whether paupers or presidents, what they say and do in interviews can provide the raw materials for turning a good chat into an insightful, informative and compelling interview. So sit back and listen, ask and then hear.
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Social media are mixed blessings for journalists

It is hard to imagine life without social media – or to remember the world before it. Whether you love them or hate them, use or avoid them, social media have been enormously influential, almost as powerful as the internet itself. That is partly because even those people not directly linked, liked, shared or tweeted on social media find themselves inescapably swimming in the social media soup created by everyone else. Read More