Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Johann Hari & Interviewing No-Nos

Johann Hari, who writes for The Independent and is a former winner of the prestigious Orwell Prize, is under fire over claims that he embellished interviews with third-party material. Is he guilty? I have no idea. But the story does raise questions over interviewing practices and journalistic ethics. To that end, I've compiled a list of interviewing no-nos, published today on the blog of The Historical Society.


Click here to read the full story


If you'd like to read my previous HS posts, click here. I welcome your comments - let's make it "iron sharpening iron."

PW

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