I loved this as I love your writing and thank you for sharing your process. I have one question, at the beginning, as a newbie, it may be hard to get an expert to support your story, but you liked what they already said in some other media, is it okay if take their comment from there and say, dr. name surname already discussed this in a Cosmo future in article (link). Is that okay? Or it’s better to find your own expert? I start writing few things and gave up because the experts ignored me 😂🫶🏻 sorry for long question 🙏🏻
Thank you!!! So, can totally see that being tricky but really it[s dependent on what each publications guidelines are, so, some are absolutely happy for you to do that (but it would depend on the source, so, for example, if I was going to do it I would say so and so said it in The Guardian, or a news source, rather than another women's magazine which would be competition) and, even now, in Women's Health, I will often quote the expert on their study, from the press release or from the website publishing the study. I also think it's best practice, even if you're doing that and allowed, to reach out to whoever said it and say you're using it in your article as there's a chance they could have been misquoted. x
Fantastic tips. Thank you so much for sharing ❤️
I loved this as I love your writing and thank you for sharing your process. I have one question, at the beginning, as a newbie, it may be hard to get an expert to support your story, but you liked what they already said in some other media, is it okay if take their comment from there and say, dr. name surname already discussed this in a Cosmo future in article (link). Is that okay? Or it’s better to find your own expert? I start writing few things and gave up because the experts ignored me 😂🫶🏻 sorry for long question 🙏🏻
Thank you!!! So, can totally see that being tricky but really it[s dependent on what each publications guidelines are, so, some are absolutely happy for you to do that (but it would depend on the source, so, for example, if I was going to do it I would say so and so said it in The Guardian, or a news source, rather than another women's magazine which would be competition) and, even now, in Women's Health, I will often quote the expert on their study, from the press release or from the website publishing the study. I also think it's best practice, even if you're doing that and allowed, to reach out to whoever said it and say you're using it in your article as there's a chance they could have been misquoted. x
Thank you so much for your time and answering this. This makes complete sense. I will keep this in mind for next time 🫶🏻🙏🏻
This is fascinating Catriona! I always feel so compelled about journalists and the work you guys do. It's immense and truly remarkable
Thank you! I'm glad it was interesting, always so strange to reflect on work and the different things we do!
Thanks for sharing :)
Thank you so much for showing us your process! It’s so helpful, especially for someone like me who’s a relative newcomer to this world! X
Thank you so much!
Thank-you for this. Super helpful.
Thank you, I'm glad! x