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How to Interview Doctor Who, Ozzy Osbourne and Everyone Else
Unlock the Secrets of Masterful Journalism Interviews with the Ultimate Guide from Respected British Journalist Jason Arnopp! Whether you're a budding journalist eager to learn the art of interviewing or a seasoned pro in search of fresh insights, here's your essential toolkit for honing your skills, avoiding rookie mistakes, and captivating your readers. Drawing on decades of experience and over a thousand interviews under his belt, Arnopp, a trailblazing figure in entertainment and music journalism, shares his invaluable expertise to transform your interviewing game. From grilling celebrities for the pages of Heat, Doctor Who Magazine, Q, SFX and Kerrang! to navigating unexpected challenges, Arnopp's time-tested wisdom will empower you to excel in any journalistic setting. In engaging, conversational prose, Arnopp unveils his arsenal of techniques to help 🎤 Deploy journalist interview strategies that wield unparalleled power, elevating the impact of your interviews.
🎤 Cultivate fearlessness, armed to face an array of interviewee personalities head-on.
🎤 Make crucial decisions on recording methods, ensuring the preservation of your invaluable conversations.
🎤 Craft incisive questions that strike at the heart of your subject's narrative.
🎤 Expertly write and edit your articles, transforming raw interviews into compelling narratives. Through Arnopp's illuminating insights, you'll be transported to the front lines, ready to tackle the surprises PR professionals spring on you and navigate the delicate dance of warming up reluctant or hostile subjects. Discover the thrill of the interview and gain insider knowledge on handling nightmare situations and maintaining professionalism. From indispensable techniques to enthralling behind-the-scenes tales, this book delves into essential topics, ✨ Setting your interviewee at ease through seven proven strategies.
✨ Unveiling the eight types of interviewees you'll encounter.
✨ Navigating interviews with an audience and balancing fandom with professionalism.
✨ Mastering transcription and the challenges of verbatim quotes.
✨ Unveiling the anatomy of a captivating interview article. Uncover the best-kept journalism secrets with this must-have volume for your journalistic toolbox. This book offers a curated roadmap to excellence, a journey way more affordable than a night at the bar spent picking the author's brains! Your path to becoming a seasoned interviewer begins here — embark on a transformative journey that will elevate your journalism career to new heights!
TESTIMONIALS
“The book has given me confidence and techniques to go about better journalistic interviewing and writing... Thank you - great value for money!” - Imogen Watson, reader
"This guide to interviewing is tremendous fun, with some genuine insight into the whole process. Fascinating stuff, and properly amusing too. Brilliant!" - Tom Spilsbury former editor of DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE
"With a great sense of humour and a sharp ear for the telling quote, Jason Arnopp always gets the goods. Read and learn” - Andrew Harrison, former Editor-At-Large of Q and Editorial Director of MIXMAG and SMASH HITS
"Boy, I wish this book had been around when I started out" - Catherine Bray, The Guardian
“Jason always had the invaluable ability to ask the unexpected question that caught both subject and reader off guard, and unfailingly meant you found out something new about whomever he was interviewing" - Paul Rees, former Editor of Q and KERRANG!
“I've just done my first music interview, and I don't think it would have gone even marginally as well if I hadn't read this book first. Every budding journo should buy this book” - John Nugent, reader
This book comes with a money-back guarantee, which no-one has EVER claimed!
🎤 Cultivate fearlessness, armed to face an array of interviewee personalities head-on.
🎤 Make crucial decisions on recording methods, ensuring the preservation of your invaluable conversations.
🎤 Craft incisive questions that strike at the heart of your subject's narrative.
🎤 Expertly write and edit your articles, transforming raw interviews into compelling narratives. Through Arnopp's illuminating insights, you'll be transported to the front lines, ready to tackle the surprises PR professionals spring on you and navigate the delicate dance of warming up reluctant or hostile subjects. Discover the thrill of the interview and gain insider knowledge on handling nightmare situations and maintaining professionalism. From indispensable techniques to enthralling behind-the-scenes tales, this book delves into essential topics, ✨ Setting your interviewee at ease through seven proven strategies.
✨ Unveiling the eight types of interviewees you'll encounter.
✨ Navigating interviews with an audience and balancing fandom with professionalism.
✨ Mastering transcription and the challenges of verbatim quotes.
✨ Unveiling the anatomy of a captivating interview article. Uncover the best-kept journalism secrets with this must-have volume for your journalistic toolbox. This book offers a curated roadmap to excellence, a journey way more affordable than a night at the bar spent picking the author's brains! Your path to becoming a seasoned interviewer begins here — embark on a transformative journey that will elevate your journalism career to new heights!
TESTIMONIALS
“The book has given me confidence and techniques to go about better journalistic interviewing and writing... Thank you - great value for money!” - Imogen Watson, reader
"This guide to interviewing is tremendous fun, with some genuine insight into the whole process. Fascinating stuff, and properly amusing too. Brilliant!" - Tom Spilsbury former editor of DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE
"With a great sense of humour and a sharp ear for the telling quote, Jason Arnopp always gets the goods. Read and learn” - Andrew Harrison, former Editor-At-Large of Q and Editorial Director of MIXMAG and SMASH HITS
"Boy, I wish this book had been around when I started out" - Catherine Bray, The Guardian
“Jason always had the invaluable ability to ask the unexpected question that caught both subject and reader off guard, and unfailingly meant you found out something new about whomever he was interviewing" - Paul Rees, former Editor of Q and KERRANG!
“I've just done my first music interview, and I don't think it would have gone even marginally as well if I hadn't read this book first. Every budding journo should buy this book” - John Nugent, reader
This book comes with a money-back guarantee, which no-one has EVER claimed!
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83 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 12, 2011
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About the author
Jason Arnopp
33 books638 followersJason Arnopp is the author of the chiller-thriller novels Ghoster (2019) and The Last Days Of Jack Sparks (2016). He is also the co-author of Inside Black Mirror with Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones.
Arnopp wrote the Lionsgate horror feature film Stormhouse, the New Line Cinema novel Friday The 13th: Hate-Kill-Repeat, various official Doctor Who works of fiction (including the BBC audiobook Doctor Who: The Gemini Contagion) and script-edited the 2012 Peter Mullan film The Man Inside.
Arnopp has also written 2012's Beast In The Basement, a horror novella available at Amazon, and experimental ghost story A Sincere Warning About The Entity In Your Home.
He is the author of non-fiction ebook How To Interview Doctor Who, Ozzy Osbourne And Everyone Else. He is on Twitter here, and is represented by literary agent Oli Munson at The AM Heath Agency. He is also represented for film and TV by Lawrence Mattis at Circle Of Confusion.
He runs a private cult - sorry, that should have read CLUB - at Patreon, where members enjoy various perks.
Arnopp wrote the Lionsgate horror feature film Stormhouse, the New Line Cinema novel Friday The 13th: Hate-Kill-Repeat, various official Doctor Who works of fiction (including the BBC audiobook Doctor Who: The Gemini Contagion) and script-edited the 2012 Peter Mullan film The Man Inside.
Arnopp has also written 2012's Beast In The Basement, a horror novella available at Amazon, and experimental ghost story A Sincere Warning About The Entity In Your Home.
He is the author of non-fiction ebook How To Interview Doctor Who, Ozzy Osbourne And Everyone Else. He is on Twitter here, and is represented by literary agent Oli Munson at The AM Heath Agency. He is also represented for film and TV by Lawrence Mattis at Circle Of Confusion.
He runs a private cult - sorry, that should have read CLUB - at Patreon, where members enjoy various perks.
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November 23, 2020
Helpful, fun, educational
Honestly, I was in the mood for a random kind of read, having had a mind-numbing novel I mistakenly tried. I’d been on an Arnopp kick lately, and even though I’m not in the field I have always loved journalism. This book doesn’t disappoint.
Probably one of the better how-to pieces I’ve read, focused more on the human side of doing the job than an academic rigor of diagrams and theories that will never work in reality. Arnopp is a master at this subject, as well as a master of terrifying fiction. It’s truly not fair that he manages to be good at multiple crafts.
Honestly, I was in the mood for a random kind of read, having had a mind-numbing novel I mistakenly tried. I’d been on an Arnopp kick lately, and even though I’m not in the field I have always loved journalism. This book doesn’t disappoint.
Probably one of the better how-to pieces I’ve read, focused more on the human side of doing the job than an academic rigor of diagrams and theories that will never work in reality. Arnopp is a master at this subject, as well as a master of terrifying fiction. It’s truly not fair that he manages to be good at multiple crafts.
January 16, 2022
As someone who (when real life didn't get in the way) used to write reviews and such for a music website, I have briefly dabbled with conducting interviews. Fair to say, I was rubbish at them.
Really wish I'd been able to read this beforehand, as it not only highlights some of the exact struggles I faced, but offers handy guidance on how one can actually what Icoukd have done to make it work.
Highly recommended for anyone who has an interest in doing this sort of thing whether it be as a hobby or on a more professional basis.
It may be too late for me, but it definitely isn't too late for you....
Really wish I'd been able to read this beforehand, as it not only highlights some of the exact struggles I faced, but offers handy guidance on how one can actually what Icoukd have done to make it work.
Highly recommended for anyone who has an interest in doing this sort of thing whether it be as a hobby or on a more professional basis.
It may be too late for me, but it definitely isn't too late for you....
January 14, 2017
A lot of the information in the book is very logical, but you often don't realize how logical something is until you hear it. As a practical guide to conducting interviews this book works, but it is also a great deal of fun and moves along quickly. This is helped by anecdotes and Arnopp's light manner.
I got a big smile from the first line of the introduction:
"Interviewing people is something of a dark art. Not because occult worship is involved - not in the vast majority of cases, anyway - but because outside of journalist school, there's generally no-one to teach you how."
That does make a good case for the book, but also knowing that Arnopp writes horror, it is specific to him and a fun inside joke. And if anyone ever writes about those cases where occult worship is involved in celebrity interviews, it will probably be him.
I got a big smile from the first line of the introduction:
"Interviewing people is something of a dark art. Not because occult worship is involved - not in the vast majority of cases, anyway - but because outside of journalist school, there's generally no-one to teach you how."
That does make a good case for the book, but also knowing that Arnopp writes horror, it is specific to him and a fun inside joke. And if anyone ever writes about those cases where occult worship is involved in celebrity interviews, it will probably be him.
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