Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Beware of reporter

[Lew Clayman <lew_clayman@yahoo.com>]

John -

Some years ago my employer arranged a "how to talk to the media course" which included a brief
visit by a nationally known reporter (who may prefer that no names are mentioned).

Anyhow, the first piece of advice was, IF you trust the reporter you're talking to, the first
thing to do is negotiate your attribution.  Are you (in this case) "Local marine hobbyist John
Farrington" or "Local businessman John Farrington" or "Local crackpot John 'The Underwater
Screwball' Farrington" or what?  If you don't discuss it, you take your chances.

-Lew

--- "John R. Farrington" <jrf@austin.ibm.com> wrote:
> Seriously, in our 2 other talks with the media, I've always
> tried to convey that we've really researched what we're doing,
> and in our case, are following plans designed by engineers.
> 
> Louise and I have chatted briefly, and probably tomorrow, Monica,
> myself and Louise will have a phone interview.  Her editor or
> someone like that had come across our website and wanted Louise
> to do a story about us.  Of course, we'll once again ask that
> they mention the psubs.org website, just so the readers don't
> think that Monica and I are the only goofballs out there!
> 
> Hopefully it'll turn out to be good PR for psubs in general.
> 
> -John


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"Yo no soy marinero / Soy capitan"
          - Traditional Mexican Lyric (La Bamba)
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