<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I am wondering why it’s written ‘told xyz publication’ instead of the name of the journalist who did the interview? Why do publications have this stupid policy. Why not give the credit to the journalist. The publication didn’t do the interview, the journalist did. Any reason? <br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Dec 9, 2018, at 4:45 PM, David Needle <<a href="mailto:davidneedle@gmail.com">davidneedle@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I've never heard this come up as in issue in journalism or with any editor I've ever worked. <div><br></div><div>...," said Tim Smith of ComputerStuff." is completely sufficient. </div><div><br></div><div>At some sites, including eWeek that I write for, we make note the subject talked to us, as in: </div><div><br></div><div>... Tim Smith, chief technology officer at ComputerStuff, told eWeek. </div><div><br></div><div>But "said in a statement" or some variant of that is needed if you're lifting from a press release, otherwise it's assumed you are not. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 1:02 PM Evan Schuman <<a href="mailto:eschuman@thecontentfirm.com">eschuman@thecontentfirm.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-1217388039079144800WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Does it make any sense these days to say—in an editorial story or column—that an interview was a phone interview? <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">I DO see it making a sense when “phone” is being used to differentiate where someone said it, as in “not at the news conference I referenced, nor in the blog post I quoted from. He said this particular comment during a phone interview.”<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">But when the only source of someone’s quotes is in a phone interview, does it make sense any more to say that? If I just quote them without giving a source, isn’t it assumed that the source said it in an interview? Any why differentiate from a phone versus an in-person interview? From the reader’s perspective, what difference does it make?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">_______</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Evan Schuman</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="mailto:eschuman@thecontentfirm.com" target="_blank">eschuman@thecontentfirm.com</a></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="tel:973-993-8098" target="_blank">973-993-8098</a> (voice)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Computerworld weekly columnist (Column archive: <a href="http://www.thecontentfirm.com/weekly-column-on-computerworld" target="_blank">http://www.thecontentfirm.com/weekly-column-on-computerworld</a>)</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Moderator for MIT Sloan Management Review events<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Google Search: <a href="http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Evan+Schuman" target="_blank">http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Evan+Schuman#</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="https://twitter.com/eschuman" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/eschuman</a></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/schumanevan/" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/schumanevan/</a></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Member, Internet Press Guild: <a href="http://netpress.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://netpress.org/</span></a></span></i> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div>-- <br>
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