OLD Media Moves

Biz editor to PR: Stop sending me pictures of naked women

January 18, 2010

Tony Kindelspire, the business editor of the Longmont Times-Call in Colorado, writes that he’d like for public relations people to stop sending him pictures of women in their pitches.

Kindelspire writes, “Dealing with public relations people comes with the territory when you work in the newspaper business. But the skill level of these ‘professionals’ can run the gamut from being a pro, in the strictest sense of the word, to being a degreed moron who somehow managed to convince someone even more ignorant than they are into hiring them.

“Case in point: two press releases in the past two weeks that had me inadvertently opening e-mails containing photos of naked women.

“I’m all for the female form, but I don’t need it in my in-basket.

“Look, I’m no prude, but that’s way over the line as far as I’m concerned — and as far from ‘professional’ as one can get.”

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