Panel Transcript: Making Them Spill

Celebrity journalists explain how to extract secrets from sources

January 25, 2006

EXCLUSIVE FOR AVANTGUILD MEMBERS | This is a transcript of mediabistro.com's panel discussion, "Making Them Spill: How to Get Really Great Interviews," held on May 11, 2005 in Los Angeles. West Coast—Want to learn more journalism secrets from the pros? Try Boot Camp for Journalists.

--Charles Duhigg, staff writer, Los Angeles Times
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Kristine McKenna, author, Book of Changes: A Collection of Interviews, and Talk to Her: Interviews; journalist for Playboy, Rolling Stone, The Los Angeles Times, among other titles
--Steve Pond, journalist (Playboy and Rolling Stone Interviews, Premiere, L.A. Times, New York Times, Washington Post, and many other titles and many other titles<...

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