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    In The Quest For Comment, Hurry Up And Wait

    When reaching out to a source for comment, how long should a reporter wait for a response?
    by Elizabeth Jensen May 25, 2018 3 minutes
    Source: Witthaya Prasongsin

    A story breaks. An NPR reporter writing an online story (not a radio newsmagazine report, where there might be a firmer deadline) attempts to contact a subject of the news. How long is a reasonable amount of time to wait for a response before posting the story at NPR.org without one?

    That debate is at the bottom of a complaint about an NPR story that ran last week. It is also a question newsrooms are facing daily in the #MeToo era as

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