{"id":11134,"date":"2012-05-01T10:38:32","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T10:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/blog\/?p=11134"},"modified":"2012-05-01T10:38:32","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T10:38:32","slug":"dont-freak-if-reporter-asks-ok-to-record-our-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/publicity\/dont-freak-if-reporter-asks-ok-to-record-our-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t freak if reporter asks, ‘OK to record our interview?’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"man<\/a>It starts innocently enough when you meet a reporter for lunch at a local restaurant.<\/p>\n

You spend the first 10 minutes making nice, and then the reporter pulls a notebook and pen out of his pocket.<\/p>\n

After the first few easy questions to put you at ease, he asks, “Is it OK if I record our interview?”<\/p>\n

Don’t freeze up. Don’t freak out. Don’t walk out of the restaurant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That question actually works in your favor because, with a recording, there’s no excuse for inaccurate facts or quotes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If the reporter records the interview, you should, too, so you have a record of it.<\/p>\n

Here’s a list of six voice-recorder apps for the iPhone<\/a>.\u00a0If you have a different type of phone, do a Google search for an app for your brand.<\/p>\n

“Is it OK if I record our interview?” is one of 27 questions a reporter might ask you. I’ve included them all, explained how you should answer them, and noted which ones are trick questions, in my updated “Special Report #2: Questions You Can Expect Reporters to Ask During an Interview.”<\/a>\u00a0(I worked as a newspaper reporter and editor for 22 years and I know all the trick questions<\/strong>.)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The best surprise is no surprise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It starts innocently enough when you meet a reporter for lunch at a local restaurant. You spend the first 10 minutes making nice, and then the reporter pulls a notebook and pen out of his pocket. After the first few easy questions to put you at ease, he asks, “Is it OK if I record\u2026 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":0,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[691],"tags":[620,29],"class_list":{"0":"post-11134","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-publicity","7":"tag-how-to-interview","8":"tag-media-relations","9":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}