Re: Journalists

On 6/27/07, taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-conlang@...> wrote:
> Make sure to mention the list then, as an example of conlanging
> community (and a very old internet community) so that if the
> article in question is in the online edition we'll *finally*
> have a sufficiently low-quality cite needed for the ¤%&
> Wikipedia...
Mm, good point. Will do.

> > If you're interested in being interviewed, or know someone I
> > should point them to, please let me know.
>
> Sally Caves would be "the usual suspect" :), I'm in the wrong
> timezone.
Heh, yeah. Timezone though is not insurmountable...

> > This may result in a story in a very major newspaper, so it
> > would be good to give them sources who represent a diverse
> > spectrum of our community (and are people who can talk to the
> > press well, i.e. are friendly, stay positive / on topic, etc).
>
> So not too many auxlanging-only heads then.
:-/ I would really like to have them talk to an auxlanger or two also,
but yeah... not one who is of the proselytizing persuasion.

Besides, I don't think they're going to care much about the
technicalities as such beyond being color detail; they need a story.
Auxlanging is I think a good story (at least, in its intentions) too.
It'd just be good for it not to be an overwhelming one.

- Sai