Bruce Byfield wrote:
It depends on where you send it. Different outlets have different
standards, and there is a gray area, as you recognize. However, in
general, the more that a media outlet prides itself on doing journalism,
the more likely it would be considered a news release.
Okay. Where do you think Newsforge lies?
I could also see some exceptions. For example, if someone was going to
make a really revolutionary public statement, or two famous speakers
were going to stage a public debate, or something like that, then the
announcement would have something that a journalist could work with.
Davide just proposed that we invite Eva Lichtenberger, a Member of the
European Parliamentvery who was active in the campain against software
patents, to give a keynote at OOoCon. Would that be newsworthy without
being a press release? It looks like it to me :-)
Following Steven's advice, someone could write an article that is
primarily about software patents and Eva's keynote, and just
incidentally mentions that it'll happen in Slovenia during OOoCon 2005.
Would this be a good way to promote OOoCon?
Cheers,
Daniel.
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