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Transcript: How to Become a Celebrity Interviewer

Celebrity profiler Precious Williams shares her secrets to getting published everywhere from the Enquirer to Elle

January 3, 2006

EXCLUSIVE FOR AVANTGUILD MEMBERS | This is a transcript of mediabistro.com's seminar "How to Become a Celebrity Interviewer" held on September 8, 2005, in New York City. You can learn about other mb LEARN events here.

MB instructor Precious Williams is a contributing editor at Elle (UK), for whom she interviews celebrities—most recently Jenna Jameson and Portia di Rossi. Precious's profiles, personal essays and investigative pieces have been published in dozens of magazines and newspapers, including The Times, New York, Glamour, Marie Claire, The Daily Telegraph and Details. Precious's essay, "Two Dollars A Word", detailing an encounter with ...

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