Comments on: Once a source, always a source http://michellerafter.com/2009/06/19/once-a-source-always-a-source/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Freelancing in the Digital Age Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:10:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michelle Rafter http://michellerafter.com/2009/06/19/once-a-source-always-a-source/comment-page-/#comment-1430 Michelle Rafter Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:27:35 +0000 http://michellerafter.wordpress.com/?p=3192#comment-1430 Thanks Susan - you can see why it took me a whole year to write about it. This was one of those doomed stories - I was sick with the flu when I did the interview, one source - not the one in the story - was a science type who wasn't used to being interviewed and talked in circles, I had to do a complete rewrite because the editor hadn't been clear in her instructions, and after telling me the piece was going into their print issue, they pulled it at the last minute due to lack of ad sales and put it on their website. MVR Thanks Susan – you can see why it took me a whole year to write about it. This was one of those doomed stories – I was sick with the flu when I did the interview, one source – not the one in the story – was a science type who wasn’t used to being interviewed and talked in circles, I had to do a complete rewrite because the editor hadn’t been clear in her instructions, and after telling me the piece was going into their print issue, they pulled it at the last minute due to lack of ad sales and put it on their website.

MVR

]]> By: Susan Johnston http://michellerafter.com/2009/06/19/once-a-source-always-a-source/comment-page-1/#comment-1429 Susan Johnston Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:10:35 +0000 http://michellerafter.wordpress.com/?p=3192#comment-1429 Michelle, it takes a big person to own like that! Good for you. I have a trade publication that requires me to let sources preview their pieces, and I'm of two minds on the issue. On the one hand, I do want the article to be accurate and this ensures that it is. On the other, a lot of sources go beyond checking for accuracy and try to rewrite the whole article (one even added sections that were in first-person but not in quotes!). It's a fine line. Michelle, it takes a big person to own like that! Good for you. I have a trade publication that requires me to let sources preview their pieces, and I’m of two minds on the issue. On the one hand, I do want the article to be accurate and this ensures that it is. On the other, a lot of sources go beyond checking for accuracy and try to rewrite the whole article (one even added sections that were in first-person but not in quotes!). It’s a fine line.

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