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Message: [QUOTE="JB123, post: 2630674, member: 7203"] I respectfully, but [I]very[/I] firmly, disagree with you regarding Ms. Ward. Most interviewers -- however they look, and whether they're interviewing athletes, politicians, or anyone else -- simply don't listen to the interviewee's answers, which makes it impossible for them to ask meaningful follow-up questions. Instead, they stick to their script no matter what. And even worse, the script itself is often poorly thought-out. In fact, I've gotten so used to that problem over the decades in many different contexts that it's a shock when someone is actually good at conducting interviews. Happily, that shock occurred when I started watching Justine Ward interview Geno. Unlike the vast majority of interviewers, including but not limited to sideline reporters, she asks [I]fantastic[/I] questions -- precisely the ones that a smart and knowledgeable observer would want to hear the answers to -- and she also listens to the answers and exercises good judgment about when to follow up and when to let something go. Doing this in hurried environments like a 1-minute halftime interview is really difficult, and I actually think she does it better than any other sideline reporter I've ever seen. Her scripted interviews are also excellent. For example, she starts this one with just what I'd want to know: What kind of opponent concerns Geno the most? Unfortunately, in this particular interview, Geno gave guarded answers and didn't reveal too much even though he's usually so open. Maybe he wants to be a little more careful than usual at this moment in time. But all that shows is that sometimes even good questions can't elicit exciting answers. [/QUOTE]

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