McPhee 怎样搜集资料

四月 29, 2026
Tags: #writing

He has found that imagining he knows a subject is a disadvantage, for that prejudice will limit his freedom to ask, to learn, to be surprised by unfolding evidence.

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Informants may be timid or hostile, unless they feel superior or equal to their interviewer. By repeating and even fumbling their answers, McPhee encourages people to embroider a topic until he has it entire.

-- Introduction to The McPhee Reader.

把自己当成一张白纸，完全不带任何预设地去接收新的信息，这样才能在采访和资料搜集工作中获得最全面的认识。

McPhee 在自己的报道中几乎从不出现，似乎把 ego 压缩到极小。他表现得对自己正在采访的话题一无所知，以致一些被采访者以为他不太聪明。但也正因为这样，他笔下的人物总是能大放异彩。