Blog #2 Excellent Interviews Post

Explain what you find excellent about these interviews by answering some (or, if you choose, all) of the following questions: 
* What stands out most about this interview? 
* What ideas, techniques or other things can you take from this interviewer? 
* What questions do you want to ask the interviewer? 
* What are the "best" sections of the final, printed interview? 
* What makes this interview "work" for the reader? 

1. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/ready-for-the-fight-rolling-stone-interview-with-barack-obama-20120425
The point that stands out the most was how the interviewer was able to smoothly flow from subject to subject. They flowed through problems in the Middle East to what was his favorite TV shows. How the interviewer's questions flowed, not jumping back and forth through each subject. Also the fact that the interviewer was able to address the main points he was coming to get but also a side less serious.
A technique I am going to take away from this interview is how smooth the interview was. I tend to ask a question before the person is done answering. I am going to wait and try to relate the previous question to the next. Also I am going to try to address all the main point of the interview and a side that is not to serious.
A question I would want to ask the interviewer is how did he plan out his questions. Did he write down a bunch of questions and if the person did not answer the way he liked did he just skip the next question or did he spin the next question he had to answer the previous one. Or did he just skip the subject overall if the answer was no where close to the next idea.
The best section of the interview was the beginning before the actual interview. It gave us an insight to what the setting was. And how the person we are interviewing was going through throughout the day or what he had planned. 
What makes the interview work for the reader was the big bold text for the question followed by the response. You can clearly see what the question was and the response to the question.  

2.http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/ryan-lochte-considers-a-post-swimming-basketball-career-20120905
What stood out in this interview was the fact that a big name in one sport is going to thinking about switching sports. Also the fact that most interviews are long answers and this interview was short and to the point.
One technique I am going to take from this interview was the variety of question the interviewer had for the person. He/she had a vast knowledge of what the subject had done in the past and what others thought about his acts.
One question I would have to ask the interviewer is what was the look on his face during the entire interview. And why didn't you ask deeper questions about him, like what is your plan for the next olympics. 
One thing that stood out and became the best section of the interview was the blue highlights. The change in color caught my eye and I was more prone to read that part of the article than the rest.
What makes the interview work for the reader is the format. And how simple and short the answers and questions were.