[Ipg-smz] Phone interview question

[Christine Hall]

Same with us. Such and such told ITPro Today... And if we're quoting 
from a prepared statement, we mention that.

If the quote is from an email exchange, I will usually mention that, 
because in most cases email answers tend to be less useful as they lean 
towards marketing speak.

Christine Hall
Publisher & Editor
FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
http://fossforce.com

On 12/9/18 4:45 PM, David Needle wrote:
> I've never heard this come up as in issue in journalism or with any 
> editor I've ever worked.
> 
> ...," said Tim Smith of ComputerStuff." is completely sufficient.
> 
> At some sites, including eWeek that I write for, we make note the 
> subject talked to us, as in:
> 
> ... Tim Smith, chief technology officer at ComputerStuff, told eWeek.
> 
> 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.
> 
> On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 1:02 PM Evan Schuman <eschuman at thecontentfirm.com 
> <mailto:eschuman at thecontentfirm.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Does it make any sense these days to say—in an editorial story or
>     column—that an interview was a phone interview? ____
> 
>     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.”____
> 
>     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?____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     ___________
> 
>     Evan Schuman____
> 
>     eschuman at thecontentfirm.com <mailto:eschuman at thecontentfirm.com>____
> 
>     973-993-8098 <tel:973-993-8098> (voice)____
> 
>     Computerworld weekly columnist (Column archive:
>     http://www.thecontentfirm.com/weekly-column-on-computerworld)____
> 
>     Moderator for MIT Sloan Management Review events____
> 
>     Google Search: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Evan+Schuman#
>     <http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Evan+Schuman>____
> 
>     https://twitter.com/eschuman____
> 
>     www.linkedin.com/in/schumanevan/
>     <http://www.linkedin.com/in/schumanevan/>____
> 
>     /Member, Internet Press Guild: http://netpress.org// ____
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