Comments on: NY Times on the “science” of news release writing http://www.unjournalism.com/2008/06/30/ny-times-on-the-science-of-news-release-writing/ Thoughts from the front lines of PR in the Web world. Helping people tell their stories. It's not journalism -- it's Unjournalism. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:02:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mike Keliher http://www.unjournalism.com/2008/06/30/ny-times-on-the-science-of-news-release-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-18638 Mike Keliher Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:05:25 +0000 http://www.unjournalism.com/?p=109#comment-18638 Yep yep. Too bad. I wish the article would have at least addressed <em>both</em> issues: the PR methods and the journalistic "how'd that run?" Yep yep. Too bad. I wish the article would have at least addressed both issues: the PR methods and the journalistic “how’d that run?”

]]> By: Marie Williams http://www.unjournalism.com/2008/06/30/ny-times-on-the-science-of-news-release-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-18636 Marie Williams Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:59:14 +0000 http://www.unjournalism.com/?p=109#comment-18636 Wow, what a shame. When the rubber meets the road, isn't it the journalist's job to conduct due diligence before running a story? Seems like the New York Times is attempting to deflect attention away from what is clearly an example of the decay of mainstream media. And it's probably all owing to the shrinking size of newsrooms which makes it extremely difficult for short-staffed reporters to dedicate the necessary time to their stories. Interesting post, thanks for sharing the insights! Wow, what a shame. When the rubber meets the road, isn’t it the journalist’s job to conduct due diligence before running a story?

Seems like the New York Times is attempting to deflect attention away from what is clearly an example of the decay of mainstream media. And it’s probably all owing to the shrinking size of newsrooms which makes it extremely difficult for short-staffed reporters to dedicate the necessary time to their stories.

Interesting post, thanks for sharing the insights!

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