Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Talking to the press

[Lew Clayman <lew_clayman@yahoo.com>]

--- Chris Crouch <eccrouch@cpol.net> wrote:
> Any information packets available out there on this subject?
> 
> Curious
> Chris

None that I know of, sorry.  But check the catalogs of "management training" companies, especially
around press-inundated cities (Wash DC, NYC, LA, like that).  Practices vary in different markets,
let alone countries - libel and slander laws vary, so do readers, and the press varies with them.

-L
 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lew Clayman" <lew_clayman@yahoo.com>
> To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 11:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Beware of reporter
> 
> 
> > 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
> 
> 


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