Reply #46: We hurt ourselves with the media [View All]

[Boredtodeath]

In 2 ways:

1. Publishing everything we find on the internet. Reporters want "exclusive" information which has not been previously published all over the internet. They don't want to re-tell a story that's already been told. They'll never report what is already published. If you don't understand that reporters work for that next pulitizer and not for the low wages, you'll never get the kind of coverage you are looking for.

2. Making unfounded claims which are later debunked. Take your unpublished story to a reporter, with rock solid paper backup and they'll tell your story. If you can't PROVE YOUR CASE, a reporter will never stick his neck out for your passion. They want proof - if you don't have it, keep working until you do.

Stop making unfounded allegations on the internet - research, research, and more research. But stop publishing every piece of your research before you've vetted it. Work quietly, work diligently, but work, work, work.

EVERY reporter on the planet wants the story that will give them the next pulitizer. They don't want a media hound who makes a lot of allegations which are later debunked and cost them their career.