WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY … OR DON’T Surveys have room for improvement when it comes to credibility Every day we hear the same thing: Americans believe this, or that, or something in-between. Recently, yet another poll was released suggesting President Obama is considered by many to be one of the worst presidents in history. Really? […]
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Two Worlds: Not So Different
To some readers of this blog, this will come as surprising news. Journalism and public relations are close cousins. Heck, they may be brothers and sisters. However, let’s stop short of calling the two professions identical twins. Why are the two communication areas so seemingly different but closely allied? Well, get past the fact that […]
Bad publicity equals good publicity? Why celebrities do the things they do.
Outrageous. Shocking. Provocative. Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber and, of course, Charlie Sheen. They prance, prod and provoke. Is it “just them,†or is it planned and premeditated? An old saying in PR is pretty solid: There’s no such thing as bad publicity. It’s got to be true, right? After all, we wouldn’t have spent the […]
The smartphone syndrome: Everybody is a reporter
Today’s 24/7 news cycle shows us that instant journalists have taken over a majority of the news. I watched the news in horror this morning as two separate incidents caught my attention — the first being a July 4 fireworks accident and the second being almost unbelievable footage of two young women being bounced like […]
Crisis Planning 101
It is interesting to note that Monday morning quarterbacking occurs not only after football games, but certainly after a crisis. Our local business journal did an extensive story on how crisis planning would have greatly helped immediately after the recent stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair. Several local public relations gurus weighed in on […]