Episode 18 | Interviewing 101 | 6 Surprising Places To Research Information On Interviewees
The Art Of The InterviewShow Notes
Some people are easy to research. Say if you're interviewing Ryan Reynolds. Or Meg Ryan. Or Ryan Meganolds. Wait...
Other people are not so easy to do research on. Say that one local business owner who has a good heart but thinks the internet will steal his soul. Or that Mennonite family that lives totally off the grid except for their once-a-week email check at the local library.
How in the modern world do you do research on these kinds of people?
In this episode, I suggest six surprising options for research you may not have thought about yourself. I don't talk about the standard ones like a website, social media, or the local library. Instead, I suggest several options from my own experience that work well for various types of people, even those types who abstain from social media and the internet for religious reasons or just maintenance of their sanity.
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