Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: The Art of the Interview https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Ben Austin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49470#post49470 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49470#post49470 Tue, 06 May 2008 06:19:32 +1200 Bevan Shortridge https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49432#post49432 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49432#post49432

I've also negotiated permission for the Newsmash section to be made available

Great to see! I'd wondered about its omission and guessed it was the copyright thing. A pity the segments (i.e. programme) on interviewing were not longer. It looks like it could easily have gone on in an informative…

]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 18:28:33 +1200 samuel walker https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49316#post49316 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49316#post49316 David+Samuel=Daniel?

here it is

]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 12:35:42 +1200 Ben Austin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49269#post49269 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49269#post49269 Mon, 05 May 2008 09:08:23 +1200 samuel walker https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49268#post49268 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49268#post49268

some sort of identifying tag so I can tell in which order the segments were broadcast.

David Ritchie supplied a GreaseMonkey script [for firefox] last week. apart from making the episodes easy to grab, they have all been perfectly tagged with name, date, episode number, and part number.

I dumped…

]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 08:51:11 +1200 Ben Austin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49266#post49266 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49266#post49266 Sun, 04 May 2008 23:48:56 +1200 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49254#post49254 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49254#post49254 OK now that's freaking me out. I've never seen Sean Plunket before, just listened to him.

He looks a little like, sounds a fair bit like, but has almost exactly the same mannerisms as Grant Robertson.

And given that Sean has interviewed Grant many times, now I have an image…

]]> Sun, 04 May 2008 16:50:46 +1200 bulk https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49081#post49081 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49081#post49081 Had a reply back from Freeview saying it would be 5-6 months before they had a PVR box available – from your comments Russell I hope they have something more user friendly by then?!

Actually a bit miffed off that Freeview didn't have a PVR available at HD launch, as…

]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 22:11:12 +1200 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49068#post49068 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49068#post49068 You ... got rid of it? Aren't there starving mediaphiles in Mt Eden who'd just love some HD? Well, no, I happened to mention the saga to the nice young man at Telecom who was helping me with something else, and he offered to buy it off me. Which he… ]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 18:30:59 +1200 Alex Gilks https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49067#post49067 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49067#post49067 Right on, this consumer discontent ;)

Freeview sounds cool but seriously, these engineers of TVs and related devices are total a***holes. A myriad of video formats, input jacks and cables; a new obselete connection with every new innovation. Why is a TV harder to drive than a car?

The computer…

]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 18:19:56 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49062#post49062 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49062#post49062

once again, I got rid of the Freeview box.

You ... got rid of it? Aren't there starving mediaphiles in Mt Eden who'd just love some HD?

But I'm surprised that you don't seem to be able to use your VCR with it. Did your nerdy friend try connecting it…

]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 16:09:19 +1200 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49058#post49058 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49058#post49058 Great Listener article (and by linking it here, one can find the interesting content in it without having to wade through the lifestyle / rightwing bullshit in the rest of the rag).

– isn't the Telecom/Vodafone 'hip" rivalry just a competition to be the biggest try-hard?

– is Apple's premium…

]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 15:12:22 +1200 Alex Gilks https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49054#post49054 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49054#post49054 a quick YouTube aside: dunno if you've already mentioned here, but you can finally view higher-resolution clips there, by adding this little bit to URLs:

&fmt=18

from Wired

]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 14:04:36 +1200 FletcherB https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49053#post49053 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49053#post49053 On the subject of difficult interviewees....

I suspect a reasonable proportion of the obstinance of police interviewees is in the interest of not giving away information to criminals still on the run from the crime being interviewed about, and after capture, not jeopardizing subsequent prosecutions... It might even be said…

]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 13:50:23 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49052#post49052 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49052#post49052

A reminder that if TV weren't so obsessed with having good-looking and only moderately sharp reporters, we might be able to watch way better interviews, instead of having to rely more on other media.

LOL – what are you saying about the Media 7 presenters here?

]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 13:39:55 +1200 Alex Gilks https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49051#post49051 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49051#post49051 As it happened I watched your show for first time last night. On TVNZ on demand. Quite watchable in fullscreen from a distance. Ok in meantime anyway :)

Good show, like it. A reminder that if TV weren't so obsessed with having good-looking and only moderately sharp reporters, we might…

]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 13:35:56 +1200 cindy baxter https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49044#post49044 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49044#post49044 Thu, 01 May 2008 12:59:00 +1200 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49042#post49042 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49042#post49042 I've said so many nice things about Freeview lately that it seems only fair to point out one area where Freeview will struggle against Sky — the PVR end of the market. We still haven't really got comfortable with the Topfield satellite Freeview PVR we're using — or, rather, not… ]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 12:46:12 +1200 Cecelia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49038#post49038 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49038#post49038 Thu, 01 May 2008 12:28:31 +1200 Tom Ackroyd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49035#post49035 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49035#post49035 Thu, 01 May 2008 12:17:23 +1200 cindy baxter https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49034#post49034 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49034#post49034 "it's all there in quite nice quality"... well not quite yet – third section not up yet.

It might be useful if they were labelled 1,2 and 3 with the dates?

]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 12:17:18 +1200 David Ritchie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49030#post49030 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49030#post49030 Thu, 01 May 2008 11:57:07 +1200 David Ritchie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49028#post49028 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49028#post49028 Thu, 01 May 2008 11:45:24 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49026#post49026 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49026#post49026 In the meantime, it's all there in quite nice quality on the YouTube channel:

http://youtube.com/TVNZMedia7

]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 11:26:38 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49023#post49023 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49023#post49023

No it isn't, unfortunately...

Also discovered that files 2 and 3 are in fact a repeat of 1 :-(

Aaarrrggh. Let me get that fixed.

]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 11:21:12 +1200 Don Christie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49021#post49021 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49021#post49021 Thu, 01 May 2008 11:13:30 +1200 Graeme Edgeler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49020#post49020 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49020#post49020

Is the podcast part 1 supposed to be 88mb?
...
That's a lot of megs for your serves to pass around.

88 milli-bits doesn't seem that big to me :-)

]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 11:02:57 +1200 Don Christie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49018#post49018 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49018#post49018 No it isn't, unfortunately...

Also discovered that files 2 and 3 are in fact a repeat of 1 :-(

That's a lot of megs for your serves to pass around.

Otherwise...it is shaping up to be an excellent show!

]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 10:59:00 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49014#post49014 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49014#post49014

Hi Russel. Is the podcast part 1 supposed to be 88mb?

That looks like it's the whole show. I'll have to download it and see.

]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 10:51:56 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49012#post49012 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49012#post49012

This week's Media7 is a lively affair — as in: I couldn't shut the buggers up — with Sean Plunket, Amanda Millar and Jim Tucker discussing the art of the interview.

Should be interesting — especially with Plunket on board, who can be both the best and the worse interviewer…

]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 10:47:27 +1200 Don Christie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49009#post49009 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49009#post49009 Thu, 01 May 2008 10:37:10 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49008#post49008 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-art-of-the-interview/?p=49008#post49008 Discussion from blog post.

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