A few weeks ago, I sent a press release to my local newspaper asking for people to come forward who had been members of my Scout Group so I could get their memories and possibly copy and old photos they may have.
The first journalist ignored it, so I sent it to two others. The first one rang me to interview me and put a small piece in the paper. She didn't use anything I'd said however, just used the press release!
Then last week the other one rang me asking me for an interview. He asked me one question and left it at that. There was a small bit in last night's paper, but it had been mangled!
He called the Scouts a society and even got my phone number wrong! I do wonder about these journalists sometimes!