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Quoting yourself in a story: IndyStar Indiana State Fair stage collapse edition

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by franticscribe, Aug 14, 2011.

  1. Clerk Typist

    Clerk Typist Guest

    That's bizarre. Ages ago, Maureen Orcutt, a splendid golfer for decades, was the second female sportswriter for The New York Times. When she covered a tournament she was in, there was no byline.
     
  2. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Still, did she have to say it or think it? Can you say someone said when they only thought??
     
  3. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Both great posts. Definitely good to know things like that because you just never know.
     
  4. SF_Express

    SF_Express Active Member

    Hell of a good point. How good the desk in Chicago handle a breaking, Saturday night deadline story like this when something happens in Orlando or whatever? Answer must be: Not very well (or at least not as well as it would be handled by having the editors, you know, in the town where things happen).
     
  5. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    I first read the topic head as "Outing yourself in a story: ...."

    So I'd say quoting yourself as an eyewitness to a tragedy is a lot better than outing yourself in a deadline story.
     
  6. TwoGloves

    TwoGloves Well-Known Member

    We had a guy once write a story about some silly award and in it he mentioned he was one of the previous recipients. I would have NEVER put a byline on it in that case. He did.
     
  7. ringer

    ringer Active Member

    Now the NYT is covering reactions to stories it published -- see today's Sandomir piece on the reaction to the revelation that Ralph Branca is Jewish (which, in turn, was a story staged by the Times' writer).

    Does this bother anyone else?

    Another oddity - the writer of the Branca revelation says he wrote for the WSJ for a long time - and yet he decided to give the story to the NYT (and not the Journal). Wonder why. Anyone else?
     
  8. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    It bothers me that Branca's religion is considered news, period.
     
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