Hi, all.
Over the last year, I've tried to to help out in this forum and answer questions - when I had the answer, that is.
But at the same time, I've always advocated going to the horse's mouth - getting the answer from a professional, as opposed to an amateur, whenever possible, even if it's a bit more work. For instance, if I have a question about LAPD Police Procedure, I might get a good answer from a fellow mystery writer...but I'd get an even *better* answer from someone who was actually an LAPD officer.
To that end, here are a couple of links that can take you STRAIGHT to the expert you need.
1. Almost every reputable US college or university has a "media relations" or "public relations" or "press outreach" department that exists to connect researcher/journalists with academic experts. Here's the link to that department for Lehman College in New York City.
http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/lehmantoday/newsroom.html
2. The Writers Guild of America, West has a list of phone numbers to experts in commonly used subjects (crime, foreign relations, etc.) This is the link:
http://wgaw.org/content/default.aspx?id=165
These are people who are just waiting to answer your questions.
Let them do it!
Good luck to everyone.
Over the last year, I've tried to to help out in this forum and answer questions - when I had the answer, that is.
But at the same time, I've always advocated going to the horse's mouth - getting the answer from a professional, as opposed to an amateur, whenever possible, even if it's a bit more work. For instance, if I have a question about LAPD Police Procedure, I might get a good answer from a fellow mystery writer...but I'd get an even *better* answer from someone who was actually an LAPD officer.
To that end, here are a couple of links that can take you STRAIGHT to the expert you need.
1. Almost every reputable US college or university has a "media relations" or "public relations" or "press outreach" department that exists to connect researcher/journalists with academic experts. Here's the link to that department for Lehman College in New York City.
http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/lehmantoday/newsroom.html
2. The Writers Guild of America, West has a list of phone numbers to experts in commonly used subjects (crime, foreign relations, etc.) This is the link:
http://wgaw.org/content/default.aspx?id=165
These are people who are just waiting to answer your questions.
Let them do it!
Good luck to everyone.
