Barbara Frum is not your everyday interviewer. While interviewing, she is pushy and wants to get to the point. She will ask a question as many times as possible to get an answer, and even though people get frustrated and angry with her, she always keeps her cool. Though her approach is aggressive, she does not act aggressively in an interview. She simply asks until she gets an answer. And, though she is confrontational, it is a good way to interview. In the interview with Sandra Good, Frum's confrontational attempt only ended the conversation with the phone being hung-up.
Terry Seguin, in my opinion, showed a very similar interview style as Frum. He asks questions that he feels are important and if not answered, he continues until it is. Even when the person gets frustrated, he remains calm and sticks to his question. I think his persistence would be a good way to ask questions in an interview.
I believe the best techniques from Frum's interview when things do not go exactly as planned is to stay as calm and composed as possible, but stick with the objective and ask what you want to know.
As a student journalist, I would be interested in interviewing a criminal of some sort, possibly a murderer. It would be interesting to know how their mind works and how they think. I believe it would be a very tough interview, seeing that the person would have committed a serious crime and getting to the bottom of it would not be easy. Using Frum and Seguin's methods would be beneficial and very helpful as a student journalist.
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