#90 Behind the Scenes of “How Crime Works” Show - Nazar Risafi, Insider

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Episode Notes

Nazar Risafi takes us backstage and behind the scenes of “How Crime Works” by Insider. This is a show revealing the inner workings of organised crime. It uncovers the business of crime, the structure supporting it, and the policies needed to stop the cycle. Nazar reveals how the show is built, secrets to having high profile guests answer interview questions effectively, how he edits videos, his team behind the scenes and lots more.

About Nazar Nazar Risafi is a video producer working with Insider's development team in the UK. Nazar has an extensive history in technical and editorial television and digital production in Arabic and English. He worked within planning, pre & post-production phases and understands the appropriate workflows, engagement targets, and ability to lead a production team through projects. Nazar has a demonstrated record of working in politics, current affairs, and media production. He is skilled in writing, strategy, leadership, identity development, voiceover, and social media. Nazar is experienced in management and has a clear sense of editorial judgment.

SHOW NOTES: 00:14 | Episode intro and a quick bio of the guest Nazar Risafi 00:54 | How he ended up at Business Insider to produce ‘How Crime Works Show.” 01:52 | The number of episodes he has produced so far and the time it takes to produce one 03:07 | Structuring the chapters of the show 04:38 | The secret to having his clients answer the interview questions effectively 07:40 | Does Nazar prepare the interview questions, and how does he structure them? 09:49 | Topic, then guest or vice versa? 11:25 | The criteria for picking his guests 13:05 | The most unexpected way he has contacted his guests 15:57 | How he gets the video footage and his way of editing 19:03 | His team behind the journalism bits 21:01 | His decision to have a more organic episode rather than having many voice-overs 25:58 | Nazar’s fact-checking in the responses of the guests 28:38 | If Nazar was to start again after “How Crime Works,” where would he start? 31:13 | Episode wrap up 31:25 | Guest’s takeaway and end of the show

Connect With Nazar: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nazarrisafi/ Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/alrisafi/