{"id":168,"date":"2010-06-12T22:31:55","date_gmt":"2010-06-13T06:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/detroit\/?p=168"},"modified":"2010-06-12T22:31:55","modified_gmt":"2010-06-13T06:31:55","slug":"how-we-get-sources-to-answer-our-phone-calls-as-solo-website-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/detroit\/2010\/06\/12\/how-we-get-sources-to-answer-our-phone-calls-as-solo-website-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"How we get sources to answer our phone calls as solo website journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Session Convenor: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kadidjri Lahab<\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-type-text field-field-participants\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item odd\">\n<div class=\"field-label-inline-first\"><strong> Discussion Participants: <\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Kadidjri Lahab, Matt Renner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In no particular order here were the suggestions:<\/p>\n<p>1. Explain clearly, concisely with confidence why your writing the article<br \/>\nand give a brief description of the online magazine website<br \/>\nfor which you are writing.<\/p>\n<p>2. Use a cell provider, Skype, or other telecommunications companies<br \/>\nthat provide the option to have various area codes. If the interviewer<br \/>\nsee&#8217;s a familiar area code they&#8217;re more likely to pick-up or return<br \/>\nthe call.<\/p>\n<p>3. People are interested in giving stories concerning where they live.<\/p>\n<p>4. If at all possible take the three pronged approach.<br \/>\na. Request an interview in person.<br \/>\nb. Call the potential interviewee. If no response then call them again.<br \/>\nSometimes you have to be aggressive and ask them why they haven&#8217;t<br \/>\nreturned your phone calls.<br \/>\nc. Email are an option too. But keep in mind that they can be ignored<br \/>\nor even go to receivers spam box.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Session Convenor: Kadidjri Lahab Discussion Participants: Kadidjri Lahab, Matt Renner In no particular order here were the suggestions: 1. Explain clearly, concisely with confidence why your writing the article and give a brief description of the online magazine website for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/detroit\/2010\/06\/12\/how-we-get-sources-to-answer-our-phone-calls-as-solo-website-journalists\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-session-notes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/detroit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/detroit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/detroit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/detroit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/detroit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/detroit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/detroit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/detroit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/detroit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}