dealing-with-reporters SKILL.md skillA
dealing-with-reporters from kalyvask/winning-writing is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add kalyvask/winning-writing/dealing-with-reporters@git:20260522.bafc1e5Pins git:20260522.bafc1e5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- kalyvask/winning-writing
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skills/dealing-with-reporters/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260522.bafc1e5, committed May 22, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 14, 2026
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- Repository stars
- 17
- License
- MIT
Drafts and reviews answers to reporter questions, on-the-record statements, crisis-comms responses, and press-inquiry replies. Implements Andrew Ross Sorkin's 11 rules (taught with Kramon at Stanford GSB) plus AP attribution definitions for off-the-record / background / deep background conversations. Use when a journalist is calling, when a story is about to break, when a competitor has just been hacked and you want to get ahead of inquiry, or when a class assignment asks you to play CEO under…
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What the file says
# Dealing with reporters Source: Andrew Ross Sorkin (NYT *DealBook* / *Squawk Box*) and Glenn Kramon's *Winning Writing* class lecture on press relations. AP attribution definitions baked in. ## Why this skill exists Most executives wing it with reporters and then spend the next decade in litigation. The 11 rules below come from Sorkin, who has interviewed CEOs through every flavor of crisis since 2007, plus Kramon's three decades editing the *New York Times* business section. The rules are battle-tested. The tradeoffs are real. ## Sorkin's 11 rules ### 1. Never say "no comment" There's always something better, even if you can't say much. *"I'd love to be able to walk you through this, but the investigation is still active and law enforcement has asked us not to discuss specifics yet"* beats "no comment" every time. The first sentence is a quote the reporter can use without making you look evasive. The second is the actual reason. ### 2. Don't avoid calls Bad feelings compound. You lose the chance to understand what the reporter is actually after, and you lose the chance to shape your side of the story. Even if you're not ready to comment, take the call and say so. …
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How to install
mdr add kalyvask/winning-writing/dealing-with-reporters@sha256:395926e149479a39The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260522.bafc1e5, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Source
kalyvask/winning-writing · 17 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-05 · branch main
API
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