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Legit question: why do so many journalists prefer phone over email when it comes to answering interview questions?
I prefer email because I'm very precise in my speech, and when I'm summarized that accuracy is lost.
Yet most journalists seem to prefer phone. Why?
I prefer email because I'm very precise in my speech, and when I'm summarized that accuracy is lost.
Yet most journalists seem to prefer phone. Why?
I think I'm going to either insist on email moving forward, or make a habit of doing my own voice recording. Because one day this tendency to summarize is going to go south, and I'm going to be quoted as saying something I never did or never would say.
I don't appreciate my words being changed to make me sound "more conversational." I deliberately speak about intimate apparel in a very specific way using language that is atypical from most experts in my industry, and is *definitely* different from laypeople.
None of the replies to this thread are addressing my primary issue, which is what I said being inaccurately summarized, so it seems the benefit of phone interviews is that it allows this to happen and people don't have be beholden to precision when writing the piece?
For example, if I say "people with breasts" when I'm discussing bras, don't replace that with "women." I said what I meant to say. You've misquoted me, and now the intentionality of my words has been lost.
If I say "pendulous breasts," don't say "sagging breasts." I used the words I used for a reason. The connotation is very different.
If I say bustier, don't say corset. Not even if another of your sources called it a corset. They're different garments. And now I look like I don't know my own subject matter.
If I say "full bust cups, DD+ and over," don't say plus sized. They're not the same.
And these are all easy, terminology type things. There have been other instances that are more complicated, but sharing details here would also reveal the specific person/pub I'm talking about and I'd rather not.
It definitely seems like the solution moving forward is to make sure I always have my own recording.
My other "favorite" though not the same is asking the questions several different ways looking for a different answer. Example:
J: So, lingerie must really spice up your sex life, right?
Me: I don't talk about my sex life.
J: Your husband must really like you in lingerie, yeah?
J: So, lingerie must really spice up your sex life, right?
Me: I don't talk about my sex life.
J: Your husband must really like you in lingerie, yeah?
Me: I don't talk about my husband.
J: So what would you recommend for women who want to spice things up in the bedroom?
Me: I don't talk about sex.
J: What do you think is sexy about lingerie?
Me: I think sexiness is subjective. Defining "sexy" is not really my area.
Etc.
J: So what would you recommend for women who want to spice things up in the bedroom?
Me: I don't talk about sex.
J: What do you think is sexy about lingerie?
Me: I think sexiness is subjective. Defining "sexy" is not really my area.
Etc.
The number of questions I get expecting me to talk about fucking is really something.
Anyway, this was a useful and educational thread. Thank you to everyone who responded. I am, obviously, very, very passionate about changing the way society in general talks about lingerie, which is reflected in the way I speak about it...which is not the same way many others do.
