Comments on: Make time for journalists or don’t get upset when they don’t call you for an interview http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2006/0628/make-time-for-journalists-or-dont-get-upset-when-they-dont-call-you-for-an-interview/ Irish Communications Consultant - Be Noticed Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:09:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Cian Ginty http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2006/0628/make-time-for-journalists-or-dont-get-upset-when-they-dont-call-you-for-an-interview/#comment-21914 Cian Ginty Sun, 02 Jul 2006 18:32:52 +0000 http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2006/0628/make-time-for-journalists-or-dont-get-upset-when-they-dont-call-you-for-an-interview/#comment-21914 It’s a bit of a double edged blade, while the journalists get reliable contacts they know can be depended on, the result can sometimes be the same people quoted all the time or (with different factors too) appearing on Prime Time, the Last Word etc. Creating a near closed circle of commentators. If journalists knew they could depend on a larger pool it might open things up, but if one is dipping into a larger pool would the reliability some past highly reliably individuals drop, possibly leaving a journalist stuck at a crucial time? It’s a bit of a double edged blade, while the journalists get reliable contacts they know can be depended on, the result can sometimes be the same people quoted all the time or (with different factors too) appearing on Prime Time, the Last Word etc. Creating a near closed circle of commentators.

If journalists knew they could depend on a larger pool it might open things up, but if one is dipping into a larger pool would the reliability some past highly reliably individuals drop, possibly leaving a journalist stuck at a crucial time?

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