DUAL AND DUELING INTERVIEWS FOR FRIDAY'S PROGRAM

posted by Michael Chihak

Arizona Week explores civic leadership in the state for Friday's program, looking at a new initiative kicked off this spring in Phoenix.

The Flinn-Brown Leadership Academy held its first class with 25 people from around the state wanting to improve their skills and get up to speed on a wide range of state political and civic issues. The group completes the program Friday, and its founders and two members of the class sat for interviews today in Phoenix.

That's where the complexity comes in. Normally, our on-location interviews are one-on-one -- me speaking with one person. In this instance, we had two interviews back to back, and both were one-on-two -- me speaking with two people at a time.

Steve Riggs, Bob Lindberg and Dominick de Leon were undaunted in their setup and approach to the shoot, accommodating my request to do it this way without pause.

First interview was with Jack Jewett, president and CEO of the Flinn Foundation and founder of the leadership academy, and Nancy Welch, vice president at Flinn overseeing the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership.

Second interview was with Flinn-Brown Academy Fellows Lisa Urias, of Urias Communications in Scottsdale, and Paul Brierley, director of organization for the Arizona Farm Bureau in Gilbert.