Comments on: Product Placement: The New Pain of Writing http://blog.digidave.org/2005/12/product-placement-the-new-pain-of-writing Journalism is a Process, Not a Product Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:45:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mike Sauter http://blog.digidave.org/2005/12/product-placement-the-new-pain-of-writing/comment-page-1#comment-833 Mike Sauter Wed, 14 Dec 2005 07:10:00 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/2005/12/product-placement-the-new-pain-of-writing.html#comment-833 <p>A number of TV writers are old friends of mine, and the ones I know are very generous and friendly. </p> <p>That said, it seems that many in the TV and movie industry are extremely pecking-order oriented. People always seem to be very conscious of where they are in the industry's caste system and they tend to reinforce it continually through their social interaction. </p> <p>As a journalist, you also face a double-whammy. Since they likely often have to deal with pseudo-journalistic paparazzi types, TV writers might be defensive from the get-go.</p> A number of TV writers are old friends of mine, and the ones I know are very generous and friendly.

That said, it seems that many in the TV and movie industry are extremely pecking-order oriented. People always seem to be very conscious of where they are in the industry’s caste system and they tend to reinforce it continually through their social interaction.

As a journalist, you also face a double-whammy. Since they likely often have to deal with pseudo-journalistic paparazzi types, TV writers might be defensive from the get-go.

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