"KMAN" wrote in message
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"Courtney" wrote in message
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I was asked to go out with some people from a popular kayak magazine to
paddle and give my review of several boats a few years ago and never got
credited or paid. I didn't bother me though because I didn't ask to be
and
I was just happy to be out on the water trying out some new boats and
having
fun.

Courtney

If they didn't even mention your name, that's lousy (and unethical)
journalism.

Maybe...it depends on how they used her review. If it was just an informal
assessment, added to a lot of other people's assessments ("some paddlers say
that the sharp chine carves turns too easily..."), then its not really
unethical, imho, as it would be too hard to footnote exactly who said what.
OTOH, if they printed even a sentence of Courtney's verbatum, then they
really should have credited her in the paragraph, or in a footnote as a
participant at least.

Nonetheless, how did they contact you, Courtney? Send you an email saying
"we've seen your posts on rbp and were wondering if you wanted to fieldtest
some new products for us and give us your opinion?" I think the closest I
ever got to being approached was after I posted a TR from a visit to
Mauritius, a woman who runs a B&B in Oregon emailed me and offered me a free
multi-day stay if I wrote an article about their facility and posted it on
GetLostMagazine.com. But I was in Congo at the time, so it was impractical.

--riverman