Long story short: I’m supposed to cover this local band over the course of a two-week tour, and while I feel reasonably prepared, I figure there must be a reservoir of experience round these parts — hard-earned lessons, journalistic epiphanies, etc. What about whether to drink or not, for example? I imagine it may look a bit weird not to, but on the other hand, I tend to blackout whenever I do. Questions abound, really.
― Jeb, Sunday, 13 January 2008 23:28 (eighteen years ago)
Also, what about graft? :D
― Jeb, Monday, 14 January 2008 01:48 (eighteen years ago)
Definitely do what you can to avoid blacking out.
― Mark Rich@rdson, Monday, 14 January 2008 01:51 (eighteen years ago)
That sounds reasonable. Another thing I’ve been thinking about: when talking to people, should you flaunt that you’re a reporter, or is it better pretending you’re just hanging around?
― Jeb, Monday, 14 January 2008 02:02 (eighteen years ago)
Don't tell anyone you're a reporter unless you are interviewing them or they specifically ask "what are you doing here?"
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 14 January 2008 03:06 (eighteen years ago)
yeah just hanging around is where you get all the good stuff anyway.
― tipsy mothra, Monday, 14 January 2008 03:10 (eighteen years ago)
(by good stuff i mean observational journalistic material, not weed and booze and coke. although probably that too.)
― tipsy mothra, Monday, 14 January 2008 03:22 (eighteen years ago)