Twenty years ago when I worked as a PR intern at the NBA, one of the first things they told us was to never answer a call from a reporter and always forward it to a staff member, regardless of the topic. The one time I screwed up (over something relatively innocuous like a statistical request), I was raked over the coals to the point where I thought I was going to be fired and sent back to Detroit. A couple hours later, I was called into Brian McIntyre's office (the head of PR) for what I assumed would be my axing. Fortunately, he basically explained the policy and why they come down so hard.
I never answered an out-of-office call again. On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > I won't dive back into my opinion on internships, but the intern who > answered the phone at NTSB reminded me of me when I was at CNBC. Tom > Snyder was at that point rumored to be headed to CBS, but he had > already told those of us on his crew. The phone rang and someone at > Access Hollywood (ironically across the street from Snyder's studio) > offered me $500 in cash to confirm Tom's post-Dave show. I promptly > told him to go to hell and hung up the phone. A few days later, when > word of what I had done reached Snyder, he pulled me aside and said, > "If something like that EVER happens again, take the fucking money and > run." > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
