Gia Kourlas’s interview in The New York Times with Diana Vishneva on the occasion of her retirement from American Ballet Theatre doesn’t have that canned feel you get from email interviews.
The article says that the interview was conducted in Vishneva’s dressing room.
Email interviews are the antithesis of journalism, a sign that Celebrity Interview Subjects have reached a new low of disdain for journalism.
I’ve done one email interview in my life. It was actually OK, scripted, of course, but the subject was very articulate. But personally I will not do any more. I told that to a star’s PA recently. At least on the phone–some actual human dialogue.