Did you go on-line and shop the Monday after Thanksgiving, now known as Cyber Monday, looking for holiday gifts? Listening to the news media, you’d think that everyone at work and at home was doing all or most of their shopping…
Category Archives: Media Relations
The WaPost Reports on the Fallout From FEMA’s Fake News Conference
November 9, 2007 – 2:39 pm
An article in today’s Washington Post follows up on the fake news conference that FEMA officials staged during last month’s California wildfires. Two officials have resigned as a result of the stunt which, while not designed to be deceptive, left the…
Scientists Need to be Better with the Media, FT Column Says
October 31, 2007 – 2:31 pm
Why, and how, scientists should talk more clearly to the media is the subject of an interesting Financial Times column.
Birds of a Feather: Webcam, Blog Document Chance Event in Nature; Web Visitation Skyrockets
March 15, 2007 – 6:25 pm
Something exciting happened at Norfolk Botanical Garden late last night, long after employees and visitors had gone home. The Norfolk, Virginia based attraction is annually home to a pair of endangered bald eagles that build their nest in a large pine…
Wolfgang Puck Catering Response to Hep A Scare-A Good Example of What to Do in a Crisis
March 1, 2007 – 6:28 pm
Wolfgang Puck Catering recently found itself in a most unappetizing position. Soon after catering several lavish events this month in Los Angeles, including the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue party and the Academy Awards Governors Ball, the company discovered that one…
Duke LAX Players Up Media Relations in Wake of Scandal
February 14, 2007 – 4:32 pm
An article in the Duke Chronicle, the independent student newspaper at Duke University, takes a look at how the school’s lacrosse team has formalized its media relations in the wake of scandal.
Pushing the Right Buttons
December 20, 2006 – 9:32 pm
Some Basic Telephone Etiquette for Public Relations
“I didn’t care for his tone of voice.”
This often heard complaint in everyday life can close ears and minds in public relations.
Even with all the new media communications tools, telephone skills remain…