Over at PJNet Today, a weblog about public journalism,
Leonard Witt has an interesting
Q&A-format interview with
Thomas Petner of Temple University, who directs the Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab there. It's a worthwhile read about "street to street, point to point micro journalism."
But I point out the Q&A for another reason: Witt conducted it using Instant Messenger (a.k.a., IM). It's a technique I don't often see journalists use. But why not? It's easier (and probably more accurate) than taping a phone or in-person interview and later transcribing it, and faster than an e-mail interview. IM interviewing is not for all occasions, but sometimes it's worth considering.
