INTERVIEW HELP FOR REPORTERS, WRITERS AND PRODUCERS
 
If you are a reporter, writer, author or producer who is seeking data, quotes or analysis on the subject of the psychological impact of the media on individuals and cultures, the Journal of Media Psychology welcomes the opportunity to help you.

Examples of the help we have provided:

Quotes and analysis for USA TODAY’s stories about the Oscars, the psychological problems of child stars and the possible public appeal of gruesome video and still photographic images from the Middle East, to name a few.

On camera expert analysis for CBS TV’s coverage of celebrity criminal trials.

On camera expert analysis for the A & E documentary on reality television, among others.

Quotes and analysis for the New York Times coverage of 9/11.

Live interview for WGN, AM radio, on the subject of the appeal of  horror films.

Live interview with NPR radio on the subject of images of violence in Baghdad.

Quotes and analysis for the books such as Deciding What We Watch; Media Literacy; and The Evolution of American Television.

Quotes and analysis for articles in Premier; Reader’s Digest; TV Guide; Newsweek, Time, Sports Illustrated, Hollywood Reporter and Ladies Home Journal, to name a few.

We understand and respect your deadlines.

We understand the difference between the good, crisp quote you can use and the meandering, condition-ridden blather you will trash. (We will not waste your time.)

We can usually supply you with a savvy on-camera expert on short notice.

If you are an East Coast reporter, hard on deadline, we will grumble if you call at 6 AM Central time, but forgive you if you don’t misspell our names.

Contact us, we will help you. If you cannot understand why we should be so very gracious, perhaps this explanation will help: 

All of us have been reporters at one time or another or still are. We know the terror of deadlines too, we also know the frustration of experts who are afraid of declaring an opinion for the record and we are eternally angry, ourselves, with people who promised to call back, but didn’t...

Here are your contact points:

Telephones: 618-351-0381 (home).
Email: sfischo@calstatela.edu

Snail Mail: Journal of Media Psychology,2 Sasamac Rd., Carbondale, IL,  62903

We look forward to working with you, believe it.

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