Interview With the Publisher

For the March 2018 Journaling challenge at the Lilypad, with Just My Type by Etc. by Danyale and Pink Reptile Design. Fonts: Old English (masthead), Linotte (questions), and Butter, Brot, Papier (answers).

A little background: my son has been running the Yachats Gazette since he was 8 years old for our little town of 600, now 750 inhabitants--almost 7 years! He's given hundreds of interviews himself, by now, so I thought it would be fun to do a little impromptu interview with him as the interviewee.

As an interviewer yourself, how do you feel about the question/answer process?

It's ok--it's not quite the best thing in the world I don't think, but it's the best we have.

For what?

For interviewing [sharing information, is what I think he means]. If we had mind-to-mind, that would be better, because often it's very hard for people to know what to say, and often there isn't enough time, either to read or collect. And sometimes you just don't think of questions, or you can't decide what to say, or how to convey a feeling. But in this world, I think yeah, it's probably the best we have.

Do you usually spend a lot of time thinking about your questions?

Not particularly--I've kind of settled into a routine. Basically I know the rough questions, then I spin off stuff from there.

What parts of the interview do you enjoy most?

Most, I enjoy learning about people's lives.

Can you be a little more specific?

I enjoy hearing about how people came to our town, and what their plans are. Occasionally I'll find an actual subject I really enjoy. But usually I think the people are the most interesting.

Do you see any use in your future for interviewing skills?

Maybe--if I ever potentially become an engineer, like the head of a firm or something, then I might need it to conduct job interviews. But it's not really my career path.