in the journalism
field for a while take less debriefing. Beginners, like student journalists,
need more debriefing.
Just my two cents worth,
Allan
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Date: Monday, January 19, 2015 at 6:01 AM
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I was told during media training *not* to ask to review the interview before
publication. I used to offer and no reporter ever
Bill Mixon's comment reminds me of something that happened during Emily
Mobley's rescue at Lechuguilla in 1991. The place was a total zoo with
reporters running around at all hours of the day and night. (Including a
Japanese TV reporter doing a live broadcast from the parking lot at 2
a.m.) Ron
Before we hired some staff to do public outreach and handle all of our media
relations, I commonly got stuck being the go to guy for technical questions and
anything that came up over the weekend when the General Manager was gone. So,
it was not uncommon to do one or two interviews a day on
This is why you don't want someone that knows nothing about caving as an editor
of a caving publication.
Diana
On Jan 18, 2015, at 8:18 PM, Mark Minton via Texascavers
texascavers@texascavers.com wrote:
My experience with reporters has generally been less accommodating than
George's.
I don't have a lot of sympathy for the sort of reporters who will
write for publication about things they know nothing about, which puts
them beneath contempt. But there are good reporters and bad ones. A
good one will record interviews and at least get the quotes right. My
guess is that
I never allowed anyone to review the lies that I published as truth when I
was a journalist. I depended on my own self to make everyone free with the
truth.
On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 8:27 PM, Diana Tomchick via Texascavers
texascavers@texascavers.com wrote:
This is why you don't want someone
My experience with reporters has generally been less accommodating than
George's. Most have not been willing to allow me to review their work
before publication. A couple of notable exceptions have been The New
Yorker and National Geographic, both of which seem to be very
conscientious about
Interesting series of comments. Pity that Blair is not able to chime in.
I must admit that my experiences are closer to Marks than to Georges. It's
asking a lot to review a story before publication.
All of us who appreciate the folk process (like Charlie) certainly know the
famous quote
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From: Mark Minton via Texascavers
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2015 8:18 PM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] reporters
My experience with reporters has generally been
Mixon, he was a student, not an idiot.
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On Jan 18, 2015, at 9:01 PM, Mixon Bill via Texascavers
texascavers@texascavers.com wrote:
I don't have a lot of sympathy for the sort of reporters who will write for
publication about things they know nothing about, which
To Heather Tucek,
Maybe I should not have posted that Alcalde article. I was once interviewed by
a student newspaper reporter. I never made that mistake again. You are right,
Sheesh!
.. Sam___
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*OK. As some of you may know I worked for the fith estate for nearly 12
years as a sports editor for a small paper. I wrote lots of sports stories
from Pop Warner to the Super Bowl. I had a column twice a week in which I
wrote what ever I thought would be funny or poke some one. I drew political
Heather and everyone,
Many cavers have long held the positions:
* don't trust or talk to the media because they will screw up what you
tell them, and
* we need the public to better understand caves to care about and help
protect them.
The problem is that we need the media to
Well said, George !
Jerry.
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On Jan 18, 2015, at 1:22 PM, George Veni via Texascavers
texascavers@texascavers.com wrote:
Heather and everyone,
Many cavers have long held the positions:
· don’t trust or talk to the media because they will screw up what
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