WaPo To Reporters: No More Speaking At "Single Sponsor" Events

Are you trying to book a Washington Post reporter to speak at your company’s next event? It may be a bit harder, according to new guidelines from the newspaper:

…newsroom staffers will participate in Post conferences or events only when there are “multiple sponsors.” Participation in single-sponsor events “can create the appearance that we are trying to further that sponsor’s individual interest, especially if that sponsor has a direct financial or political interest in the topic.

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