Interviews
Posted: February 5, 2013 Contents: Chapter 1 | Tags: interview, savvy traveler, travel advice, travel interview, travel journalism, travel writer, travel writers exchange, travel writing, trisha miller Leave a comment »Chapter 1 coaches the travel journalist on the basics of journalistic practices including methods. Trisha Miller of the TravelWritersExchange offers her own advice.
Truly savvy travel writers know that there is another tool at their disposal, one that gives them more article angles, and the opportunity to both attract new readers and potentially add a more multi-media-rich experience to their personal brand toolbox.
I’m referring of course to interviews. The kind you conduct with various people you encounter on your travels.
Start by focusing on those whom you think your readers would find interesting, and branch out from there. It’s better to have more material than you can use, than to not have enough.
Beef up stories with interviews
Posted: October 20, 2012 Contents: Chapter 1 | Tags: interview, travel interview, travel journalism, travel writers exchange, travel writing, travelwritersexchange.com, trisha miller Leave a comment »Chapter 1 encourages the travel writer to talk to at least one local to add dimension and a unique perspective to his story. One way to do this is by conducting interviews. Trisha Miller of Travel-writers-exchange.com provides tips for conducting a great interview. Among her advice Miller lists:
- Always prepare in advance.
- Interview people in their own environment – So if it’s a chef, ask if he can be interviewed in the kitchen.
- Make an audio recording & take notes – have a back up recording
- The better the subject appears is the better the writer will appear.
Miller ensures the writer that following her advice will offer the writer interesting and entertaining content that readers yearn for.
