Hi everyone! I’m Tara, they/them, I live in Lenapehoking, New York City!

[prompt] Name, Pronouns, and city/org you are repping

Hey y; all, Jeremiah - he/him, calling in from Rosedale, MS

hey hey Sarah W - she, hers - HFASTL

Repping Memphis Tenants Union and 662 Tenants Union

Cathy, she/hers - ella/suya - Santa Fey estoy aqui con

Tomás Rivera, They/Them, Chainbreaker Collective, Santa Fe, NM

Hey Jeremiah. Hey Sarah. Hey Cathy!!!!

Daniel, he/his - el/su - Santa Fe

hi y'all! Russell (they/he) from Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative in New Orleans, LA

Hey Tomás. Hey Daniel. Hey Russell.

Hey new folks. We are just getting started. Can you share your name, pronouns, and what city/org you are repping?

It can also feel hard to narrow things down. Like it feels like you need to cover so much

But then feels like you’re going to ramble

Definitely the same, and stress to be over prepared for surprise questions

Homefries here, City Life/Vida Urbana in Boston, MA (just my name please). Good to see you all!

Hey Homefries!

Exactly

Hola gente nueva. Apenas estamos empezando. ¿Puedes compartir tu nombre, pronombres y qué ciudad/organización estás repestando?

Hello! We are asking folks who join to share their name, pronoun, and city/org you are repping.

Araceli Catalan She her Causa Justa : Just Cause San Francisco

Talking Points Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1awCJ52Sh9O8UvcQMRAp7B1bdqAug_9NKsNGxX_PtshM/edit?ts=60d4f5bd#

I was doing an interview once & a journalist asked me “but what about blue lives?” 😑

Yeah same about the ghosting

Or ghosted and then suddenly there’s an article out with your quote and you find it somewhere 👀

Shame

😳

Yes agree with Juliss

*Julissa

One time I talked to The Nation thinking I wasn’t on record but I was. I talked about something very unstrategic for the campaign we were in, so I had to call the writer and editor a million times to get it edited after it was published.

I was once helping interpret for a member, but they quoted me instead and only printed my very short story instead of the members.

Eeesh same that happened to me when I asked to not be quoted

Sooooo many misquotes by journalists smh

Same thing as homefries

Yeah, Julissa, when we were talking to press about the eviction moratorium being cancelled, I was asked “don’t you think the eviction settlement program is positive”? And I hadn’t thought through how to strategically address the shortcomings of the rent relief / eviction settlement program

+++++ to the “this is off the record” but it never is

^^

Es molesto que todo lo que dijiste al periodista ,lo editaron y solo lo resuman en 30 segundos

From Araceli: It's annoying that everything you said to the journalist was edited and only summarized in 30 seconds.

^^^ lo peor

^^^the worst

That bridge sentence about hypotheticals is super helpful!!

Yeah, I love that one

How do we deal with aggressive reporters ?

Yes!

And to follow up on that, when you feel like they’re leading you somewhere but you can’t tell where they are leading yet

Daniel dice: uno es dueño de lo que uno dice - Daniel says: remember that you own the words that come out of your mouth :D

^^

Yes! We're not there to answer their questions as much as we're there to get our message out.

++ Daniel!!

So great Daniel^

That's a great way to frame it

Yes Daniel!

Thanks for articulating that distinction Homefries.

^ I like how you said that Tomás.

Hey Porgie!

Has anyone ever reached out to a reporter when the quotes they used were truly your words but misconstrued"?

Tambien es muy importante que el reportero brinde confianza en la persona que estan intrevistando - lo sentimos cuando hablamos con ellos - // It is also very important that the reporter has confidence in the person they are interviewing - we feel it when we talk to them.

^^dice Daniel :)

**like for a correction

I have! It took email and calls but finally they did change it after some time (it felt like too long tho that it was incorrect and online!!)

❤️ 👏

^^ Re: Jeremiah

Yes I’ve contacted a journalist (emails & calls like Tara said) to correct some info. It also took a while but I had 2 other people helping me with following up

^^

si la intrevista no es correacta a lo q tu dijiste, si hay intervencion del juico, porque ese compartamiento no es correcto

if the interview is not in line with what you said, there is judicial recourse, because that behavior is not right

(dice Daniel)

Any thoughts folks are leaving this training with?

Future training happening July 19th 🎉🎉🎉

Just wanted to say how incredibly grateful I am for this space! It’s such a skill to talk to reporters, and for organizers and member-leaders we are supporting to talk with press, it’s helpful to be able to offer a framework for thinking through this

Next training on Training for Organizers on Earned Media: Monday, July 19th 7-9PM ET!

^^ Same! Thank y'all so much. This was very helpful

Thanks for joining us!!!

Thank you CAM & Matt for this training!! <3

Thanks for the training! Gracias por entreniemento

this was a great training! I def feel more confident and can't wait to share with my org

Thanks CAM, Matt, Kamau and all!

Gracias por poder ayudarnos a aprender