Episode 19 | Interviewology | How To Remain Impartial...When You're Not.

There's several different schools in interviewing and reporting:

1. The old school: Interview the subject, and do your best to report just the facts and what they said - you stay out of it


2. The new school: Bring in your partiality and slant to the interview and the reporting style - put yourself into it

The real difference between these schools is how they address the question of partiality.

• How do you as an interviewer stay impartial during and in reporting an interview? 


• Should you even try? 


• Which is the best model for your audience and medium?

There's no "right" answer to these questions, but if you're going to be someone who interviews and relays information you're going to have to address them for yourself and have a reason for why you answer them the way you do.

In this episode, I explore the different schools around these questions. I then talk about some of their flaws and holes. I then talk about my own way of dealing with and holding my own partiality in my own interviews.

And I then ask the question: how are you going to answer these questions and deal with yours?