UK Media - The Times

[tom_whipple]

Note for mods: I am aware you want members of the media to contact you first before posting here, which seems fair enough. As a new user I can't seem to use private messages to do so though. This is almost certainly due to my technical ineptitude...anyway, you also say you moderate the first ten posts. If so, I'll let this count as my message asking permission!

Dear Preppers,

I am a reporter at The Times, writing about prepping in the light of Ebola. Please ignore this if you, perfectly understandably, don't want to chat to the press. But if anyone with a family who is taking the Ebola epidemic seriously wants to talk I'd be very keen to set something up - possibly anonymously if necessary.

Best regards,

Tom

[pseudonym]

Sorry this thread has taken so long to be approved.

The Moderators have thought long and hard about allowing it to be read by all members.

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Here is the bosses cooments on another thread:

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[redskies]

I'd like to make a suggestion. Perhaps Tom could compose and post here a list of questions he'd like answered. Folks could, if they wanted to, either post answers here or PM them over to him.

It gives posters an idea of what Tom is after, and it gives a certain amount of anonymity to those who'd like to give answers in private rather than public.


Tom, people are, very understandably, wary of the press.

[diamond lil]

That works redskies, I like that.

[jansman]

I would advise any member here to tread very, very carefully. The media have never portrayed anyone(recently) who is remotely self-reliant in a positive way.

[redskies]

That works redskies, I like that.

It means people have some sort of idea where the article will go before having to agree to anything. That, to me, seems sensible, from both perspectives.

I would advise any member here to tread very, very carefully. The media have never portrayed anyone(recently) who is remotely self-reliant in a positive way.

I would say the same. I am extremely wary of how the MSM portrays self reliance - odd, weird, somehow inferior, the list goes on.

Ideally, it would be great if at least one journalist could go away from this site with a more balanced view. No offence to Tom, but I'm not holding my breath. It'd be nice though.

[tom_whipple]

Happy to. Essentially though I'm just looking to chat to people who are worried about Ebola and preppers, and ask them what those two things together mean - ie. how you prepare and when you act.

It took a while for my initial post to be moderated, so I've actually chatted to a couple of people already. My deadline is close and I think I've probably got enough - but my editor might come back wanting more. I don't want to waste anyone's time, so I'll let you know if I do need to speak to more people.

Best,

Tom

[junmist]

So when is this appearing in the Times just so I can have a look see or have I missed it already