I answer engineers from other companies all the time but never answer journalists. Engineers give a vibe of “cares about what you do and wants to collaborate”.

I answer engineers from other companies all the time but never answer journalists. Engineers give a vibe of “cares about what you do and wants to collaborate”. Talking to journalists is like talking to the police - as an engineer you don’t understand the situation well enough and you need to involve an (expensive) professional to navigate it. The question going through my head when I get journalist emails is “can I ignore this and save the hours of work with legal/pr?”.