Expert Opinion
AIN Blog: Quotes from the Clipping Room Floor
So often in the course of covering events, things are said that never make it into published accounts.
So often in the course of covering events, journalists hear statements that never make it into published accounts. Space is limited, time is limited, or the comment is peripheral to the rigid formula of news reportage—who, what, where, when and possibly, why.
It’s unfortunate, because speakers in public settings often offer insight into their inner thoughts and workings through candor or emotion, intentionally or not. I’ve returned from many a speech or briefing with an abundance of notes and recordings, only a sliver of which survives to the printed page or computer screen. Allow me to take advantage of the free-form platform of a blog to recall some recent interesting comments that otherwise would have fallen to the clipping room floor.
