"by way of interview" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means "through the means of an interview" and is often used to introduce or explain the method or process by which an interview was conducted. Example: The company selected its new CEO by way of interviews with top candidates.
In the magazine this week, Anthony Lane reviews "Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno" (opening tomorrow at IFC Center), a documentary presentation by Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea of footage from Clouzot's unfinished 1964 feature and an investigation, by way of interviews with crew members, of why it wasn't finished.
"Casting JonBenet" (April 28), directed by Kitty Green, is a documentary about the death of the child beauty-pageant star JonBenet Ramsey, which approaches its subject obliquely — by way of interviews with actors from Ramsey's home town of Boulder, Colorado, who are auditioning to perform in a dramatization of her life.
He also delves deep into the cultural context by way of interviews, including discussions with Ginsberg, who told him about a 1959 reading: It was in the ballroom in the best hotel in Chicago and people turned out, and it was a big deal.
These topics were tested in a trial by way of seven interviews, after which the interview guide was altered slightly, and some new topics were added (Additional file 1: Questions 4, 17, 18, 20, and 29).
In "Tin House," Stephenson highlights the grotesque paradox of the connection between drug addiction and the recorded legacy of addicted musicians, by way of an interview with A. B. Spellman, the author of the enduringly important 1966 book "Four Lives in the Bebop Business," who told him: Record companies kept stables of drug addicts.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet In "Tin House," Stephenson highlights the grotesque paradox of the connection between drug addiction and the recorded legacy of addicted musicians, by way of an interview with A. B. Spellman, the author of the enduringly important 1966 book "Four Lives in the Bebop Business," who told him: Record companies kept stables of drug addicts.
Information on camel forage preferences was gathered through a cross-sectional survey by way of guided interviews among 52 camel herders selected through a snowball sampling approach.
Data on procurement processes were collected through key informant analysis by way of semistructured interviews with leadership teams of procuring organisations.
The information gathered from the key informant analysis was corroborated with the field staff by way of semistructured interviews with stakeholders of primary health centres, community health centres and district hospitals and qualitative observation during the authors' warehouse visits.
