When a Journalist Gets It Right, Do You Let Them Know?

I think you are on track.  Maybe write her boss too & thank them for having an accurate reporter on staff. If more people realize that its the accurate stories being read/watched, things would change.  But unfortunately negativety and trauma still sell.

Stephanie~

TOTALLY...I think one of the best thank yous is the unexpectged one...and that expressing gratitude...even maintaining an attitude of gratitude makes the atmosphere shine...especially in real estate.

Brilliant! You're so right. I think we're all guilty of only responding to negatives and not paying people the compliments they deserve. I know I like to hear when I've done something right =)

Hmm. I wonder how much of that comes into play with the wave of social networking? We have our groups of friends who encourage us, and we encourage them in return. Something to think about. Maybe I'll blog about that line of thinking, once I've thought it through some more.

Great post!  This is just what we need to be doing here in Positive Real Esate News!  I am "featuring" this post so maybe we can get her some positive feedback.  I'll go and comment on her article also.  Thanx Stephanie!

Stephanie:  That is a great idea.  Only problem I quit taking the Chronicle several years ago.  At the time I was annoyed at one of their article; which I have no idea now what article it was. To be quite honest I don't miss it.  It is good when they put a positive spin on things.  I just recently had the Chronicle write a story on one of my clients.  They called and interviewed me also.  The actual title was really negative but the article itself turned out positive.  I guess they need that negative headline to get people to read it.

This is a great post.  I am going to start doing this with our local papers.  If I see something positive, I am going to write to the reporter.  I may even try to write an article or two myself!  Thanks for the fantastic idea!

Great idea! Before being a realtor and a broker, I was fourth-generation newspaper person. I've got "printers ink in my veins" as we say. This is a wonderful idea, not only for reporters, but waitresses, police officers, and in my community right now, the power company linemen that are working non stop here in Ohio to get our electricity back up after three days when the remnants of Ike hit us (yes, in Ohio, where 2 million people lost power Sunday). We could all find five people a day to send hand-written thank you notes to.

But back to reporters. I know that business. I know how much of it is liberal-leaning, anti-business, and negative news. And reporters never get feedback unless it's bad. Perhaps we can give positive feedback just as mentioned in your post and gradually, like Pavlov's dog, we can train them to write for truth, justice and the American way!

Dave Culbertson, Broker/Owner, Real Living Home Team, Mount Vernon, OH