How to write an interview with a professional?

Celebrities are people who are famous for their cultural capital or social resources, such as singers, writers, experts and even some politicians in high positions. For celebrities, journalists want to write exclusive news reports and stories that the audience around them care about, so as to enhance the attractiveness of the media. Anyone who engages in news interviews knows that "seven points to pick and three points to write" is very important, especially in the process of collecting and writing celebrity manuscripts. Based on my own interview experience, I summarized the following points and asked my peers for advice.

Find out the itinerary of celebrities first. Few celebrities go to prefecture-level cities, and some are in a hurry when they come once, so they have little leisure time to stay and be interviewed by reporters for a long time. So we must be a conscientious person, know the relevant information in advance, and seize the opportunity to prepare for the news interview. In the middle of February last year, at 65438, I learned from an advertisement in Jining Daily that Lu Qin, the "intimate sister" who won the "Five One Project Award" in Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China twice in a row, would go to Jining to give a lecture to parents and children. I communicated with the editorial department in time to write her as a "weekend person". So, I have been paying attention to her schedule, and contacted Jining Productivity Promotion Center, which is in charge of this matter, and asked them to provide Lu Qin's activity schedule. I learned that she left Jining at 5 pm after class that morning, which relaxed me.

Second, prepare the information of celebrities and be aware of them. "Everything is established in advance, and if it is not planned, it will be abolished." If you don't have a certain understanding of the interviewee, go straight to the scene, and such an interview may make a joke. On the occasion of the replay of Gone with the Wind, Vivien Leigh, the heroine of the film, arrived at the New York airport and walked into the press conference hall. At this time, a reporter asked in the first sentence: "What role did you play in the movie Gone with the Wind?" Vivien Leigh replied contemptuously, "I can't talk to an ignorant person like you." It is conceivable that the reporter's interview was a failure. He didn't do any research on the interviewee and his professional life in advance. Asking such a clumsy question not only made the interviewee laugh, but also spread it as a laughing stock by the press. In order to interview Lu Qin, I bought her new book "Tell the children that you are great!"! ",learned about her life, main work, and some experiences, and listed the interview outline, knowing what questions to ask, and the interview went smoothly.

Third, cut to the chase and open the interview topic. Celebrities are busy and have a lot of social activities. They don't like procrastination. They should explain their origins directly to each other, cut to the chase and shorten the interview time, which will make them sit up and take notice. When interviewing my "intimate sister" Lu Qin, I smiled and said to her as soon as I came up: "Hello, intimate sister, hello, Teacher Lu. When I was in primary school, I liked to read the column "My Intimate Sister" hosted by China Youth Daily, which was almost a must-read. Now, as the father of a 4-year-old son, reading your book and listening to your report are very enlightening for me to educate my children. As a young journalist, I am very happy to have the opportunity to communicate and learn from the winners of the Taofen News Award. " In a few words, the topic of the interview was opened and the distance between the interviewer and the interviewee was narrowed. Teacher Lu accepted my interview happily, and we had a very speculative chat.

Fourth, learn to listen during the interview. Listening is very important, and listening is a kind of respect for each other. From the content told by the interviewee, we can find touching stories and details, and find out topics that can continue to communicate, which is of concern to readers. Everyone likes watching Zhu Jun's artistic life very much. Some people say that Zhu Jun presided over it very well. But Zhu Jun put it this way: "In fact, as a host, I have always adhered to three principles. The first is to be a listener, the second is a questioner, and the last is a debater. "

Fifth, learn to improvise. No matter how well you prepare the interview outline in advance, we will always find a lot of things beyond our imagination during the real-time interview. At this time, it is necessary to improvise, seize new clues and questions in the other party's answer, and continue to ask questions. When interviewing Lu Qin, she mentioned the incident of "Xu Li killing her mother" and said that she had visited Xu Li in Hangzhou Youth Crime Center many times. I think this is a good news fact. Although Xu Li killed his mother a few years ago, it had a great response in society. Xu Li's recent changes in juvie and why Lu Qin visited Xu Li many times must be of great concern to everyone. So I went on to ask her this topic. She introduced me to the changes she made every time she went to see Xu Li and the reasons why she cared about Xu Li. She said: "I don't care about Xu Li alone, but about this kind of person and the process of young people's ideological change." So I specially wrote a paragraph "Behind the Xu Li Incident" in my manuscript, which is very narrative and illustrative.

Sixth, we should have the spirit of not being afraid of hitting the wall. When I graduated from college, I went to a company to apply for business administration. The recruiter asked a simple question: "What if you go to a company to sell products and the other party refuses?" As a newcomer, I said, "Try again." Unexpectedly, he asked, "What will you do if you are rejected again?" I began to think of other ways, but all the tricks were rejected by the recruiter, and I was speechless. Finally, he smiled and told me, "In fact, you almost succeeded. All you have to do is say' go again' and we can hire you. " From what he said, I realized that in doing product business, we must have the spirit of not being afraid of hitting the wall and being rejected. Journalists, especially celebrities, should also have this spirit. If you are sure, you should keep an eye on it and try to go for an interview. Last February, the famous playwright He Qingkui and his wife Gao Xiumin returned to their hometown in Wenshang, Shandong Province to perform. Because they didn't make an appointment in advance, they only asked the performance company to interview He Qingkui after they arrived at the scene, and the performance company ignored it. I squeezed backstage from the performance site, personally found He Qingkui and explained the interview intention to him. But he didn't answer me and went backstage. After the performance, I followed him back to the hotel, but he went back to his hometown to go to the grave. I had to wait in the hotel until they came back. At this time, it is 5 pm, and there is even less time for interviews. I also contacted the local propaganda minister for work interview, and finally He Qingkui gave me half an hour to interview. Of course, He Qingkui was very friendly and chatted with me about his own experience and experience in writing sketches. My manuscript "He Qingkui: Writing Drama is Writing Love" won the excellent manuscript of the newspaper that day. Many things happen.

Don't be modest when interviewing celebrities. Interviewing celebrities, mostly not as smooth as expected, especially some stars, have a big shelf, and some brokerage companies take the opportunity to deliberately make things difficult for reporters. Last year, at the opening ceremony of Confucius Cultural Festival, Emil Wakin Chau and other stars performed, and the reporter from the Cultural and Sports Center of the newspaper contacted me for an interview. However, a choreographer who organized the performance suggested that a separate manuscript should be sent to the party before the interview was arranged. We couldn't accept the deal and refused their request. Everyone has dignity. The dignity of journalists is not to let others control our interviews, but to resolutely refuse unreasonable demands.

Besides, journalists should dress appropriately and behave politely. Journalists should also have rich knowledge. Mr. Zhao Haosheng, who has interviewed many celebrities, once said: To interview celebrities, you must have an IQ of equal dialogue with celebrities. If you interview a politician, you should have a broad vision and discuss world affairs with him; If you interview a master of culture, you should have a profound insight into exploring the mysteries of the universe with him. What Mr. Zhao said is very reasonable. In order to write good works, journalists must have comprehensive quality cultivation. Of course, journalists' cultural knowledge should rely on persistent long-term accumulation, read more books, pay attention to collecting and tracking new knowledge and information, care about major events at home and abroad and various things in society, and constantly enrich their knowledge accumulation, so that they can cope with any interview task by "training for a thousand days and using troops for a while".