Unresponsive lawyers are ignored, until there is trouble at their firm, which is then reported with gusto. Let me sketch out what it is like to be a reporter. Most reporters are people in their 20s and 30s. They were attracted to the job by the glamour surrounding journalism, the excitement of being the first to know the news before everyone else, and the variety of the work. They are trained on the job to learn fast, because they are constantly thrown into unfamiliar situations that they have to figure out and write about later.
Reporters pride themselves on being tough enough to get to the truth of a matter.
They don't ever want to appear to be weak or to be somebody's patsy. They are very competitive with each other and take great satisfaction in being the first to break a story. They all know about Woodward and Bernstein, and they secretly dream about winning a major journalism prize. But meanwhile they write bread and butter stories and feature articles, and cover regular beats, and this is where you can come in. The currency of the news business is a good story.