Under each link, describe the writing techniques that the author/interviewer uses to create a finished piece of writing that both accurately portrays the interview subject as well as results in a polished work that the reader can enjoy.

Consider the structure of the overall piece, what information is in the beginning and/or end, if an introduction is used, if there is additional writing throughout the piece, if there are references to any follow up questions, physical formatting, etc.

1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/7928784/Bill-Withers-interview.html
2. http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/steve-jobs-in-1994-the-rolling-stone-interview-20110117
3. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/obama-in-command-br-the-rolling-stone-interview-20100928
4. John O’Brien: The Design of the Job by Lynn L.
5. http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2010/11/29/an-interview-with-wikileaks-julian-assange/
6. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6043331.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1

1. In the Bill Withers interview, the journalist introduces the character with background information and proceeds to narrate in his own style in between quotes that give the audience a look at Withers' personality, his way of speech and thinking. Also, his questions flow with the article instead of breaking it up and making it choppy; he offers them to the reader in the present tense, as if he were asking us the same thing too. The journalist isn't afraid to intersperse his own impressions and other information that he thinks the audience needs to know, but also supports his opinion with quotes, especially the last apathetic statement by Withers.
2. Once again, the reporter provides quite a bit of background information about Jobs and the topic of the interview (which is especially helpful now since some of the info is dated), but instead of the style of the Withers interview, this journalist puts his questions in bold and supplies uninterrupted answers below once the interview begins. He also does not conclude it himself, but ends it abruptly at the end of one of Jobs' question responses.
3. This last interview with Obama is in a style similar to the Jobs interview (of course, it is from the same magazine). The reporter starts out by telling us what happened and doesn't really focus on background information or anything else, instead quickly jumping into the interview. Her questions are in bold above his responses and any additional information, like what is happening physically (e.g. laughing) is in brackets, which makes it seem rather like a screenplay or script. Even at the very end, she describes what happens in italics between brackets before his final response, which the audience is prepared for, so it wasn't abrupt and out-of-place like the interview with Steve Jobs.
4. In The Design of the Job,  Lynn provides the usual background info., description of the character in a work setting, and even some quotes from outside the interview. She tells us how long the interview lasted and once the interview starts, the speaker is designated much like a script. However, the ending is smooth as it sends the reader and O'Brien back into their lives with a look into the future and what happens next.
5. In this Forbes interview with Julian Asange, Greenberg introduces the audience to Asange and gives us all the reasons for the interview--on the Sunday before this November interview, Asange released over 250,000 classified U.S. documents on his website WikiLeaks.  In addition to background information, the interviewer references previous statements by Asange, even providing a quote from the interview itself at the end of the introduction. The interview, done in the usual 'script' format after the introduction, is self-declared as "edited" and accurately portrays the Asange and his purpose, and attempts to divulge more information that wasn't previously known to the public. There is no outro/conclusion at the end, but the interview stops at the end of a question.
6. This was an interview with Bob Dylan from a couple years back. I chose it because I noticed that it has no introduction or background information, and no conclusion (which many interviews I've seen don't have). However, the interview accurately portrays Bob Dylan and his views on, like the title says, Barack Obama, Ulysses Grant, and American Civil War Ghosts. We get a look into Dylan's personality and thought-process without any input from the reporter. It's pure.

I liked the style of the Bill Withers interview, but most enjoyed the introductions of the Obama and John O'Brien interviews, the styles of which I could utilize in my own mentor interview.