Feature story for JA course

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking I'd like to do a story on natural and/or functional multiplicity for one of the courses I'm taking in school right now. (I'm studying journalism.)

Problem is, I'll have to change my topic if I can't interview anyone. I could possibly do it by email, but face-to-face would be best.

Is it possible that there's a system here that lives in Calgary, Alberta?

Comments

[kasiya-system.livejournal.com]

It's doubtful anyone is going to be willing to meet a stranger face to face in order to share personal details. You'll probably get more response over email or asking questions in here.

Actually

[devcandy.livejournal.com]

I know some systems who might do something like that. Last I checked maintainer(s) of kinhost.org have the website on their resume, and are very open about the topic.

Precautions like not coming alone, letting people know where they are going, and meeting someplace public, can be taken.

They aren't local to him, however.

Arashi(嵐)

Re: Actually

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

Heh, I'm honestly amused by the idea of someone having backup to meet me. I don't even weigh 120lbs.

...Of course, no one knows that. Nevertheless, it's amusing.

[ksol1460.livejournal.com]

Meeting in a public place for an interview is SOP for journalism, though... this isn't any different from that, if you think of what he's doing as a human interest story in the Features section.

[shatterstorm.livejournal.com]

Consider email. You'll also be more likely to get more than one system's experiences that way.

[changelyng14.livejournal.com]

(eep)
is calgary near seattle?
*feels dumb*

I'm pretty open about it.

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

Naw, Calgary's in Canada. :)

[changelyng14.livejournal.com]

yeah, im like, an hour-and-a-half south of Vancouver.

[bizamoogie.livejournal.com]

i'll be happy to help out via email. two of my members dont/aren't able to talk.

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

First, apologies for not getting back to this faster. The combination of school and a job is killer.

Would you be willing to provide your body/system's full legal name through email, then? I can use another name for you in the story, but even as a student, I can't really used unnamed sources.

If that works, I'll be emailing you shortly. Probably tomorrow night.

[ksol1460.livejournal.com]

You can't use unnamed sources? What happened to "deep background"?

We could not give you an interview under those conditions. Very few systems could.

What if you were interviewing people who'd been sexually assaulted, or others who for whatever reason wanted to keep a low profile? What is your instructor thinking?

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

What if you were interviewing people who'd been sexually assaulted, or others who for whatever reason wanted to keep a low profile?

They'd have to give their names, or their quotes couldn't be used. But their names could be changed for the story. Like when you see "Jane Doe*" and at the bottom of the page "*Names changed." That's what I'm proposing here.

What is your instructor thinking?

He's thinking of real life.

There are very few situations in which journalists use unnamed sources. The only one I know of is if they're writing stories quoting spies.

Like I said, I can change names for the story itself. But under ordinary circumstances, no real journalist would use a source who wouldn't give their real name at all, and we're expected to use the same standard.

It's a legality issue. You have to be able to prove that the person you talked to really exists, and you're not just making them up.

In theory, because I'm a student, I could just make "real names" up, and I'd be highly unlikely to get caught. Hell, I doubt my instructor would ask for them; he'd just assume I had them. But that's not the greatest idea.

[bizamoogie.livejournal.com]

Everyone here says it's OK. my email is bizamoogie@hotmail.com Just a friendly warning, I am not a conventional multiple. I think they way things work in my system aren't the way things work with a lot of people here in this community.

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

I should probably add that I'd be emailing you with my school email, which has my full legal name, so that aspect would be equitable. If that was a concern.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_maybenever/]

wtf... Calgary! Just... wtf... that never happens. I live in Calgary, but I wouldn't be of much help to you. Sorry.

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

Yeah, no one lives in Calgary. It's frustrating. I can think of tons of great stories, but I can't really do them in Calgary.

Thanks anyway!

[shandra.livejournal.com]

You can interview me/us by phone if you like (we're in Ottawa). I don't think we qualify under the natural banner but we do under the functional. :-) You can email me at shandra_lemarath at Hotmail if you like.

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

Apologies here too, for the slow response time. School + employment, y'know.

That's awesome, anyway. Would you be willing to provide your body/system's full legal name? Even as a student, I can't use unnamed sources, but I can change your name for the article.

do you need more sources?

[reinahada.livejournal.com]

We're game. And someone above said they weren't conventional multiples or something like that. Well we aren't either I guess. But is there really such a thing?

email us - wearejustus@yahoo.com

distraida-claudia

[kiya]

I don't know if you still need sources, but I think we're good with giving you a name provided you use an alternate in the article. So if you still need people, feel free to drop a line.

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

Oh, buh, I didn't get this comment in my inbox for an age and a half!

If you're still up for it, yeah - I can send you the list of questions I drew up. I'm not certain how relevant you'll find 'em, (I'm guessing in the dark all the way with email interviews), but if it works for you, great, and if you want to take a sideways approach, or go off in a direction I haven't covered, that's great too.

I'll send 'em.