Mobile Fact-Finding  If there's one thing I was so eager to take
on when I became a full-fledged newspaper reporter was the
chance to fact-find beyond the confines of armchair reporting.
 It's a lesson I pass on to you.   Working With Press Officers
Whether they want to or not, the lonely journalist needs
information from press officers.   In today's world of
thoroughly dispensed news, entities like major corporations,
city agencies and more importantly political candidates hire
folks who specialize in working with journalists.  Whatever they
like to be called--spokespersons, public relations officers,
media specialists--their main intent there is to put their
clients in the best possible light, even if it means ignoring
their client's lousy attributes that make it hard for PR reps to
work for them.  Some just want to control the conversation.
Here's a break down of what's going on with press officers.
Back In The Day... Gabe Pressman, the living legend of news in
the New York market, told a recent group of