Thursday, October 1, 2009

Tape recorders killed the journalism star?

I am going to offer this video with Gay Talese without comment.

Thoughts?




Well, I do have one comment: Frank Sinatra Has a Cold is one of my all-time favorite stories.

1 comment:

  1. Speaking as a former serious tape-recorder user, I think he's right. Tape recorders make it too easy to fall into thinking that an interview equals a story. An interview is an interview. A story is everything else that happens ... and it's almost always the best stuff.

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