A reporter is planning to write a review of the newest restaurant in town for a city magazine. According to guidelines from the
Society of Professional Journalists, what should she do before she writes the review? call the restaurant and let them know her purpose for coming in so she can be guaranteed a table call the restaurant to set up an interview with the head chef so he knows to prepare his best dish dine at the restaurant without alerting the management that she is coming in to do a review dine at the restaurant and identify herself so that the restaurant management will pay for her meal
The correct answer is: <em>dine at the restaurant without alerting the management that she is coming in to do a review.</em>
A reporter planning to write a review of the newest restaurant in town must always stay incognito. The purpose of a review is to provide<em> a true account</em> of the restaurant's merits and disadvantages, this can only be guaranteed if the reporter appears unannounced.
If she calls the restaurant in advance and announces her coming, the restaurant will prepare itself for the visit and the surprise element would be gone. The management would then put on an act to impress the reporter and show her the best of the restaurant only. The cooks could be told to cook some special dishes, the waiters to behave exceptionally nice etc. In other words, the reporter would not see the real, every day run of the restaurant.
