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I was told that this would be the best place to post this. Can someone PLEASE help me?

My name is Alethea White. I am a freelance writer, currently working on two articles. One is on software development and improvements; the other is on project planning and cost estimation as it relates to software development.

I am needing to interview someone who is an expert in the field. I already have the interview questions, I just need someone who can answer them for me in a clear, concise, yet VERY professional manner.

The information you provide would be clearly cited in the articles as coming from you and your company.

I am on a deadline, so any IMMEDIATE help you could give me would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

Sincerely,


Alethea White

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A quick practical note for and anyone else reading: asking experienced practitioners for attributed answers is standard and appropriate — you are not asking someone to write the article for you. While raised a worry, and were right to point out that clear consent and attribution are what make this normal professional practice. Focus on clarity, consent, and how you will handle anything proprietary.

To get useful, fast responses, keep the request minimal and precise. In one short paragraph say the topic and audience, estimate how much time answers will take, give a firm deadline, and state how you will attribute replies (name + title + company, or anonymous). Offer reply formats (short text, numbered bullets, or a brief phone call) and note whether you will edit for clarity and send quotes for approval. Provide a contact method and an explicit note for contributors about confidential material.

A short template you can reuse:
Hi — I am writing a short piece on [topic] for a computer-literate audience and have X concise questions (about Y minutes). If you can help, please reply here or email [your address] by [deadline]. Please include name, title and company as you want them quoted. I may edit for clarity and will send quoted text for your OK; if anything is confidential, please flag it.

Final tips: public replies help other readers and speed replies; offer credit or a byline mention; verify a respondent’s role before quoting technical claims; and be explicit about whether you need proprietary details (if so, get written permission). Posting the questions here, exactly as you plan to use them, will usually attract quicker, higher-quality answers.

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Member Avatar for holmes008

Sorry To Say It Is A Illegal Work That To Answer Instead Of You.
So Sorry Dude!
Be Confidential And Tackle It Yourself.
Best Of Luck!

Member Avatar for lese

I'm not ASKING someone to write the article for me, or to tell me what to say. The article is to be BASED on the answers I get from my interview questions, but the answers do not have to be "dumbed down". The target audience is computer-literate. I'm sorry if there was any confusion

Member Avatar for happygeek

Sorry To Say It Is A Illegal Work That To Answer Instead Of You.

Sorry, but that is absolute nonsense!

As a freelance journalist myself I can assure you that asking experts for comment/research which is then quoted within the context of a piece, and duly accredited as such, is most certainly not illegal, unethical or anything other than normal working practise.

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Thank you!

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Well, how do we get the questions and how to we respond to them ? If you post the questions here we can either post our answers or sent you PM with the answers. I know DaniWeb normally does not allow answers via PM but this may be a special case because the answers may contain confidential information that should not be publically posted.

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Sorry, but that is absolute nonsense!

As a freelance journalist myself I can assure you that asking experts for comment/research which is then quoted within the context of a piece, and duly accredited as such, is most certainly not illegal, unethical or anything other than normal working practise.

Agree -- If that were illegal or unethical I don't think there would be any books written that does not contain original thought :)

Member Avatar for lese

I can e-mail the questions to you, and you can reply by ANY WAY that is convenient for you, whether it be e-mail or phone, although I live in Georgia, USA, and do not know where you are.

Thank you so much for even OFFERING to help!

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Are you still interested in helping me with my interviews? I'm really starting to get in a crunch here, and I would REALLY, REALLY appreciate it.

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