---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Quim Gil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 06:06:19 +0300 Subject: Re: [guadec-list] Press awareness To: Liam R E Quin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
What do we know about guadec's impact in the media? On 7/12/07, Liam R E Quin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 11:05 +0100, Karl Lattimer wrote: > > the press can be [...] useful to anyone > > [...] that they know > > Yes, as you say, the press people are helpful and a good resource > to foster. Er. > > To put it differently, when dealing with reporters/journalists, > ask to get a chance to review any quotes or interviews or > any articles about your project, promise them same-day > turnaround, faster when you can, and then your goal becomes > to get them to be enthusiastic about what's happening and > to share the Dream. > > So yes, a Press badge can be useful, but pretty much anything > can be misquoted with very little effort, so it's better to focus > on making the reporters be well treated and feel comfortable, so > they're not out to misrepresent people :) > > Liam > > -- > Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ > Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/ > Ankh: irc.sorcery.net irc.gnome.org www.advogato.org > > _______________________________________________ > guadec-list mailing list > guadec-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list > -- Quim Gil /// http://desdeamericaconamor.org -- Quim Gil /// http://desdeamericaconamor.org _______________________________________________ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list
