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May 20, 2009
The Strange Relationship Between Public Relations and the Media
The public relations industry and the media have always enjoyed a curious relationship. Those in the public relations industry will tell you that the media can’t do its job without PR flacks. Media folk, meanwhile, will suggest that public relations departments are little more than mouthpieces for people who would still speak to the media if the public relations industry never existed. And both viewpoints are correct–to a point. (Read more…)
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February 27, 2009
A Decade of Changes in the World of Public Relations
Recently I received a batch of CDs that contained a digital history of a little more than two years of my life. There were email exchanges with long-lost friends, spreadsheets containing old NCAA basketball tournament picks, and over 1,500 documents, including hundreds related to my old business. (Read more…)