![]() To make the most of an interview, one must have empathy, understand what motivates people, where they come from, and where they are now. "Get beyond the way that people want you to see them!" he said, waving his banana around before taking a bite. "With Zoom, people forget they're being interviewed," he said, adding that you should ask about quirky things in their background to make the writing more personal. He also spoke about the advantages of interviewing people on Zoom. ![]() "A lot of interviews are done in impersonal places like hotel rooms," he said, telling students about the time he interviewed David Hockney at his house on a Saturday night over fish and chips and how much of a difference it made. He entered the classroom, set up his PowerPoint, peeled a banana and started to share his experiences. ![]() Hattenstone, 59, has interviewed plenty of famous people in his illustrious career, including filmmaker Agnes Varda, artist David Hockney, Angelina Jolie, Shania Twain, Boris Johnson, Piers Morgan and probably everyone else you can think of. Guardian feature writer Simon Hattenstone gave interviewing tips to third-year Journalism students yesterday, telling them to get a portrait of a person, make sure readers enjoy what they're reading, and figure out what will make a decent news story. ![]()
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