Re: Freelance work

> Small business owners are often happy to get the publicity, but there
> are always people who don't quite "get it"...they think they can
> determine when articles appear, they don't allow enough "lead" time when
> contacting the paper (especially important, as we're weeklies...calling
> Friday afternoon will *not* get your story in Monday's paper, as it's
> usually already gone to print), they want a wonderful story...but don't
> come across with much more than "we have a nice business.  we have nice
> customers.  this city is a nice city."...even after diligent digging.

     Dominique,

     Or how about the folks that want to "approve" the article before it goes
to print and then they want to tell you how to write it?  What I do is call
to verify ONLY the facts.  I've never had anyone complain about an article
I've written once they've seen it in print.
     I used to do most of my interviews on Sundays but I was interviewing
farmers and ranchers then and they are usually around on the weekends.  I
suspect I'll be doing a lot of weekday work in this new freelance career.

              Rhia

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