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Become a Profiling Pro

'Work like a miner, write like a poet,' and other strategies for crafting New Yorker-caliber profiles

By Pete Croatto – May 8, 2007
One way to write a good profile is to flat-out lie. It worked, at least for a little while, for Clifford Irving, whose attempt to co-write a faux autobiography on Howard Hughes recently came to the big screen in The Hoax. Fortunately, there are more honest ways to write a readable, probing profile.

Take it outside Many celebrities' publicists only allow a brief amount of time during which journalists can interview their clients. Then, it's often done in sterile settings, such as restaurants or conference rooms. For a more dynamic conversation, avoid interviewing in these and other ...

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