Tips for Dealing with Reporters Any time you talk to a reporter, you are being interviewed: Stay calm Ask questions to get correct information Be patiently firm—get the facts Ask for—and write down—reporters' specific questions Repeat reporters' questions back to them after you have written them down Don't volunteer information, or guess at answers Use non-technical language Maintain your composure, even if the reporter is aggressive Use approved statements, information, and facts if you are authorized