Radio Journalists Share Their Wisdom

I moderated another Bulldog Reporter PR University Audio Conference today on working with radio journalists. My thanks go out to panelists Lynn Medcalf, Executive Vice President, Co-Founder, News Generation, Kitty Eisele, Supervising Editor, National Public Radio, Judy Hydock, Executive Producer, DayBreak USA, Charles Munroe-Kane, Executive Producer, Public Radio International and Brian Cook, Producer, American Urban [...]

The News Cycle is Dead

The news cycle is dead. Long live “The Opinion Cycle.” So says Lee Ann Schreiber, ombudsman for ESPN. In a terrific piece on ESPN.com, Schreiber dissects various sports “controversies” and concludes that a) very little actual reporting was done but b) tons of opinions were spewed. She wrote: “If you look at the proportion of [...]

Another Version of Blogola

The Wall Street Journal uncovered another form of blogola in this weekend’s paper — restaurants handing out free meals in return for hoped-for good coverage from food bloggers and posters on consumer-oriented sites like Yelp. An excerpt: Dine, a contemporary American restaurant in Chicago, has been open for less than two years. But on one [...]

Great New Article on Wall Street Journal

There’s been a lot of crappy speculation on the fate of the Wall Street Journal once Rupert Murdoch takes over. Here’s one article, though, that does an excellent job: A new jewel for Rupert Murdoch’s crown: Will he fix what isn’t broken at The Wall Street Journal? It’s in the latest edition of PRSA Tactics. [...]

New White Paper on Online PR

Great new white paper from e-consultancy on the state of online PR. Definitely worth downloading. Some nuggets for you: The rise of user-generated content (‘UGC’) and blogging means that there is a growing need to be able to monitor, engage with, and respond to what is being said about you, your brand, product or service [...]

Signs of the Times

A couple of signposts on the road to a new media landscape: First: the SF Chronicle is doing an odd, interesting thing: posting a blog of little “remembrances” of staffers who have lost their jobs at the downsized paper. You can scroll through them here. From a media relations standpoint, these may be of limited [...]

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