Canned email answers to journalist questions fail the public interest. Photo: Patrick Daxenbichler/iStock/Getty Images

Spoken questions are what make it an interview

Recently, I was exchanging emails with the media email account at a government agency, hoping to reach a source for a feature story about how agriculture lobbyists can frame the sector’s needs when meeting with politicians and bureaucrats and be heard. That interview fell through for a reason I’ve become all too familiar with as