… and you would be?

For the last couple of weeks I’ve had a name marked in my Outlook appointment diary. I couldn’t work out who it was but I figured I was going to interview the person on radio because the appointment was marked down during my morning air shift.

Before I agree to interview anyone I ask for background information. That might be in the form of a media release, an email, a book they’ve written or something else that will help me do a little research. For some reason this didn’t seem to be the case with this person.

I searched their name in my email and on Google. I asked around the office if anyone knew of this person. Nothing. They were simply a name with no supporting information.

The morning of the ‘interview’ arrived. I asked our Office Coordinator to watch out for anyone coming into the building. I said that should anyone come in and ask for me that she ask, “Where can I say you’re from?” The problem was that I wasn’t even sure that it would be an in-person interview. Did I have to phone them? Were they going to phone me? I didn’t know because I had no details apart from a time and a name.

The interviewee did in fact arrive at our building. Our Office Coordinator came into the studio and told me my guest had arrived and who they represented. Phew! It all came flooding back.

Some minutes later we were live on-air. I was the fully informed interviewer and they were the knowledgable interviewee. It worked.

The weird thing is that I always make sure I have interviews confirmed in writing in one way or another and this one just slipped through the cracks. Looks like I need something to repair those cracks.

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Rodney Olsen

Rodney is a husband, father, cyclist, blogger and podcaster from Perth Western Australia.

He has worked in radio at Perth's media ministry Sonshine for over 25 years and has previously worked at ministries such as Compassion Australia and Bible Society.

The views he expresses here are his own.

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