And there’s no guarantee that an interview won’t go awry in the hands of an editor. One of the interviews I did that was meticulously transcribed ended up with some concepts transformed by the editor. I know the editor thought he was clarifying the concepts, but he actually misinterpreted them., thus minsinterpreting what the interviewee did. I haven’t had that happen with email interviews. Maybe it’s the editor, maybe it’s the fact that it’s email. I wonder if editors feel more inclined to edit transcribed interviews vs. email interviews….or if a transcribed interview is seen as less accurate than email.