This is a really important point. It might make sense to talk to journalists in order to contextualize what you said on the EA Forum—or to ask them not to use something!
Answering in writing should help with the “foot in mouth” problem. You can ask them to send questions, and say you don’t promise to answer all of them.
A journalist reached out to me recently and this is basically what I did; no regrets so far at least.
IMO “try to respond in writing” should be standard advice when dealing with journalists. Past that, I remember a Less Wrong user once created a (public) thread specifically for taking journalist questions; that seems like a good way to discourage misrepresentation.
This is a really important point. It might make sense to talk to journalists in order to contextualize what you said on the EA Forum—or to ask them not to use something!
Answering in writing should help with the “foot in mouth” problem. You can ask them to send questions, and say you don’t promise to answer all of them.
A journalist reached out to me recently and this is basically what I did; no regrets so far at least.
IMO “try to respond in writing” should be standard advice when dealing with journalists. Past that, I remember a Less Wrong user once created a (public) thread specifically for taking journalist questions; that seems like a good way to discourage misrepresentation.
I really like the idea of asking for a public written thread for Q & A from a journalist to avoid misrepresentation.