tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post7527434046629936036..comments2023-09-16T13:22:55.052-04:00Comments on freefromeditors: Reporter sues over "press release" firingJim of L-Townhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03941398804273985677noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post-5978943280471989812012-07-07T13:48:09.030-04:002012-07-07T13:48:09.030-04:00As one who spent two years doing PR for a local sc...As one who spent two years doing PR for a local school district, I totally understand what you are saying Anonymous 11:52. Many times they would turn my press releases into a bylined story (often with my name as the byline). I preferred that they used my exact words because that was pretty much the only way I could be sure that what I sent would be reported accurately.<br /><br />JimJim of L-Townhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941398804273985677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post-50995150404201006782012-07-07T11:52:47.857-04:002012-07-07T11:52:47.857-04:00As someone who left journalism a few years ago for...As someone who left journalism a few years ago for the often rule-bending world of public relations, I can assure you that every press release writer knows these days that words from the release are likely to be lifted en masse directly to a story. And that's ok by me. I write to a message and it behooves me to have reporters too busy or too lazy to rewrite, reword or do their own interviews for quotes. That's why I send the press release. Take it baby. Take it all and use it. It's what I get paid for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post-19475785609749618552012-07-05T23:55:45.929-04:002012-07-05T23:55:45.929-04:00This guy was fired for good reason. Any reporter w...This guy was fired for good reason. Any reporter worth his salt knows you can't just wholesale copy anything without attribution. In J school I think I remember something about a three or four word rule.<br /><br />There are thousands of writers worth their salt who are out of work. Let's clear the deadwood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com