{"id":1501,"date":"2007-11-13T08:38:55","date_gmt":"2007-11-13T15:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2013-05-02T16:50:32","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T00:50:32","slug":"sex-the-single-broadcaster-the-high-school-adventures-of-luke-ford-shannon-anderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=1501","title":{"rendered":"The High School Adventures of Luke Ford &#038; Shannon Anderson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/luke_ford\/bio\/l2.html\">Shannon was my best friend at Placer High School (which I attended from September of 1982 until graduation in June 1984)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson was a starting forward for the school&#8217;s basketball team.<\/p>\n<p>I was the editor of my school&#8217;s newspaper, the Hillmen Messenger.<\/p>\n<p>We made a home movie in April-May of 1984. We had to edit the footage in the video camera (and then added music from the radio).<\/p>\n<p>I last talked to Shannon in 1992 (update 2009).<\/p>\n<p>We read the news together for our school&#8217;s (Placer High and then Sierra Community College) cable access chanel 8. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2VGkOyC5Zvc\">Video from circa 1983<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ncE2T7rxE_w\">Covering Placer High basketball with Joe Hamelin<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O0K46raIlHI\">More<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZdSjj8F6spU\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t such a great interviewer. I intruded too much with my own opinions. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/essays\/contents\/interviewing.htm\">A good interviewer<\/a> uses non-judgmental questions so the subject feels comfortable being honest. Once you start to pronounce judgments, your subject easily becomes defensive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poynter.org\/content\/content_view.asp?id=60320\">Here are some good tips on interviewing from Hamelin (when he was at the Press-Enterprise in Riverside, CA) posted on Poynter<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Always use a tape recorder. Explain to the subject, if need be, that no one will hear it but you.<\/li>\n<li>Take notes, too. Tape recorders sometimes malfunction.<\/li>\n<li>Do your homework. A subject will warm to you when realizing you&#8217;ve taken the trouble to be informed.<\/li>\n<li>If you can, find someplace quiet where you won&#8217;t be interrupted and steer the subject there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Save the tough questions for the latter part of the interview.<\/li>\n<li>Try not to ask questions that can be answered with a &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;no.&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t be nervous. The athlete can&#8217;t hurt you. But you can hurt the athlete. He or she is the one who should be nervous, and probably is.<\/li>\n<li>If you are totally out of your element, ask for help. Admit that you normally cover softball and have never written a piece on rowing. Almost always, the subject will be only too happy to help.<\/li>\n<li>Try to have a &quot;conversation&quot; when possible, instead of just asking questions.<\/li>\n<li>Unless you have an agenda, have three to four questions prepared to get things rolling. Then follow where the subject wants to take you.<\/li>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.poynter.org\/media\/content\/20040301_142952_18261.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<li>If you are covering something unfamiliar with many possible interview subjects, pick the smartest, most experienced reporter in the room and follow him or her like a puppy dog. You&#8217;ll be led straight to the best interviews.<\/li>\n<li>Dress appropriately.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--adsense--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shannon was my best friend at Placer High School (which I attended from September of 1982 until graduation in June 1984). Anderson was a starting forward for the school&#8217;s basketball team. 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