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In defence of newspapers and serendipity
I agree that while phone interviews can be far more intimate and can yield more interesting answers, e-mail (or IM) is by far the more efficient means of communication in the 24-hour publishing environment of the web.
Sure, via email there is little risk of being misquoted but there is a huge risk of being misunderstood.
As a reporter, efficiency does not trump being able to hear a person's tone, the subtleties of inflection, whether they are being sarcastic or serious. Emoticons do not allow me to write, "He chuckled to himself, then said..."
Email can work for stories, but many, many people are not comfortable using it. Ken's comment is good, and explains rather well why The Meatspace Interface still rocks.
Of course, I'm just being "ironic" here.
He mentioned you and the Globe and Mail in his most recent podcast http://www.calacanis.com/2007/04/24/calacanisca...
although he didn't know how to pronounce the mail part.
Plus he said he's not sure who read the paper. Don't know if he really believe's it, or is just trolling for a Canadian reaction for link generation purposes.
he mentions you about 44-45 minutes in the podcast.
He says you're now an A list blogger.
oh, and congrats on your promotion to the A-list . ;-)