{"id":165,"date":"2009-06-10T10:20:29","date_gmt":"2009-06-10T10:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mormoninquiry\/2009\/06\/lds-public-affairs-interview.html"},"modified":"2009-06-10T10:20:29","modified_gmt":"2009-06-10T10:20:29","slug":"lds-public-affairs-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mormoninquiry\/2009\/06\/lds-public-affairs-interview.html","title":{"rendered":"LDS Public Affairs interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At By Common Consent, <a href=\"http:\/\/bycommonconsent.com\/2009\/06\/09\/interview-with-michael-otterson\/\">an interview with Michael Otterson<\/a>, the head of media relations for the LDS Church. Not an easy job. Here are a few quotes from the online interview.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LDS Public Affairs is &#8220;engaged in proactively building relationships and understanding with those who share our point of view, and with those who don&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Regarding the excellent <a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom.lds.org\/\">Newsroom site<\/a> at LDS.org: The &#8220;primary audience is the news media and opinion leaders, which also includes bloggers and others using new media. It&#8217;s also an excellent resource for Church members to find official information explaining the Church&#8217;s involvement in the public arena.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>And here&#8217;s what I thought was the most interesting statement from the interview: &#8220;All content on the Newsroom site is reviewed by Correlation, and we&#8217;re happy with that because it reduces the risk of mistakes.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related posts and links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2008\/10\/12-questions-for-the-lds-newroom-part-one\/\">12 Questions for the LDS Newsroom, Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2008\/11\/12-questions-for-the-lds-newsroom-part-two\/\">12 Questions for the LDS Newsroom, Part 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newsweek.washingtonpost.com\/onfaith\/panelists\/michael_otterson\/\">Michael Otterson&#8217;s posts at On Faith<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At By Common Consent, an interview with Michael Otterson, the head of media relations for the LDS Church. 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