[Sca-cooks] SCA media relations

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Tara Sersen Boroson wrote:

> As a general ethic, we don't really *want* the press to be easily 
> controlled.  While we might wish we could direct them when they're 
> reporting on our particular hobby, if you generalize that to every 
> story a reporter works on, we'd never have important stories like the 
> Food Lion tainted meat scandal from a few years ago, or the child 
> slavery in the chocolate industry story from last year. 

It might be nice to have them concentrate on the educational and 
positive aspects of the organization instead of the typical newspaper 
photo spread of fantasy armor, buxom wenches falling out of their 
bodyces and staff members in garb with radio headsets. Sigh.

> Besides, a reporter with half a brain cell could easily figure out how 
> to register for Pennsic, buy a tent and come up with some garb, and 
> come in completely legally and under the radar.  The reason one might 
> not do that is that he knows he'd have a hard time understanding what 
> was going on around him and ingratiating himself without any guidance. 

What makes you think that there are not members of the press in the SCA 
already?  <wide evil grin>

Selene Colfox
mka Susan Fox-Davis, editor, Hollywood News Calendar
aka Hollywood spy, media weasel, calendar grrl, etc.