Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:49:17 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: FreeBSD advocacy list <FreeBSD-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Getting articles published (Was merging thread) Message-ID: <19981127194917.A25265@rucus.ru.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <3944.912128307@zippy.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Thu, Nov 26, 1998 at 04:58:27PM -0800 References: <19981127111748.B67961@freebie.lemis.com> <3944.912128307@zippy.cdrom.com>
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On Thu 1998-11-26 (16:58), Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > times already. But who's out there feeding *BSD information to the > > press? > > Not that more can't be done, but I usually do about 2-3 PR calls or > email exchanges a week. Could it be possible for someone to give a few tips on writing articles that are going to be taken seriously by whatever media you're likely to submit it to? I've been somewhat inspired to write a few articles, in response to a recent spate of somewhat clue^Wfact-less articles with regards Unix, operating systems comparisons, and similar articles, which go from anything from "Unix is an environment only survivable by programmers" (I think that was the subheading), to a rehash of unix-vs-nt.org. However, besides my experience running and maintaining a student server with an active userbase of approximately 450, I don't think I have much credentials, especially since I'm only 20, and have only been using computers for about 4 years, am not the type of person who wins prizes for top-of-class or competitions, etc. For someone who isn't "Public Relations and Corporate Liasons" (and much more), how does one get people to take you seriously? Anyway, hope this sparks something useful, Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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