Comments on: PRSA to enforce media access policy for international conference http://thegoodthebadthespin.com/2010/09/01/prsa-to-enforce-media-access-policy-for-international-conference/ The Intersection Between Public Relations and the News Media Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob http://thegoodthebadthespin.com/2010/09/01/prsa-to-enforce-media-access-policy-for-international-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-2442 Bob Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:38:06 +0000 http://thegoodthebadthespin.com/?p=1428#comment-2442 Thank you both for your comments. While I agree this policy is highly subjective -- and the membership may never be aware of the reasons behind decisions being made for who gets granted, or denied, media access and why -- I also don't see a way for such a policy to regulated without potentially rubbing some folks to wrong way. At the end of the day, it is the freeloaders who should bear the brunt of the responsibility here. One would hope the level of vitriol directed at PRSA over this problem would also be entertained toward the chronic offenders of the media policy, should they ever be found out. b Thank you both for your comments.

While I agree this policy is highly subjective — and the membership may never be aware of the reasons behind decisions being made for who gets granted, or denied, media access and why — I also don’t see a way for such a policy to regulated without potentially rubbing some folks to wrong way.

At the end of the day, it is the freeloaders who should bear the brunt of the responsibility here. One would hope the level of vitriol directed at PRSA over this problem would also be entertained toward the chronic offenders of the media policy, should they ever be found out.

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]]> By: Jack O'Dwyer http://thegoodthebadthespin.com/2010/09/01/prsa-to-enforce-media-access-policy-for-international-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-2440 Jack O'Dwyer Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:36:05 +0000 http://thegoodthebadthespin.com/?p=1428#comment-2440 Hi Art and Bob: This is a pretty dumb policy because I have many hundreds of friends in the Society and among the exhibitors who would be only too glad to take notes for me or give me tickets to any of the events. The speakers this year are very minor compared to the heavyweights of previous years--Tim Russert, James Carville, Mary Matalin, Mia Farrow, James Earl Jones, etc. More than 350 Society members have signed a petition aimed at ending rule by the APRs who have instituted such backwards policies. This will only give them further motivation. Foreign dictatorships allow more press freedom than the Society. Jack O'Dwyer Hi Art and Bob:

This is a pretty dumb policy because I have many hundreds of friends in the Society and among the exhibitors who would be only too glad to take notes for me or give me tickets to any of the events.

The speakers this year are very minor compared to the heavyweights of previous years–Tim Russert, James Carville, Mary Matalin, Mia Farrow,
James Earl Jones, etc.

More than 350 Society members have signed a petition aimed at ending rule by the APRs who have instituted such backwards policies. This will only give them further motivation. Foreign dictatorships allow more press freedom than the Society.

Jack O’Dwyer

]]> By: Arthur Yann, VP, Public Relations, PRSA http://thegoodthebadthespin.com/2010/09/01/prsa-to-enforce-media-access-policy-for-international-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-2436 Arthur Yann, VP, Public Relations, PRSA Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:18:42 +0000 http://thegoodthebadthespin.com/?p=1428#comment-2436 I appreciate your diligence in compiling this post, Bob. May I add a couple of quick points? -- PRSA's media policy is online at http://media.prsa.org/prsamediapolicy, for anyone interested in reviewing it. (It contains some inward-looking information up front, because our members frequently refer to it when developing media policies of their own.) -- Our policy not a media "ban," as has been incorrectly reported elsewhere. PRSA has granted press credentials to this year's International Conference (gratis) to both traditional media and bloggers. This is in contrast to public relations conferences, such as the Seminar, which do not permit media coverage. -- While our approach may be counterintuitive to what we know as professionals, this not a normal situation, and it cannot be managed in customary ways. This is one of the reasons why we sought a measure of flexibility with the policy, which we consider to be fair and sensitive to media needs and consistent with industry norms. I appreciate your diligence in compiling this post, Bob. May I add a couple of quick points?

– PRSA’s media policy is online at http://media.prsa.org/prsamediapolicy, for anyone interested in reviewing it. (It contains some inward-looking information up front, because our members frequently refer to it when developing media policies of their own.)

– Our policy not a media “ban,” as has been incorrectly reported elsewhere. PRSA has granted press credentials to this year’s International Conference (gratis) to both traditional media and bloggers. This is in contrast to public relations conferences, such as the Seminar, which do not permit media coverage.

– While our approach may be counterintuitive to what we know as professionals, this not a normal situation, and it cannot be managed in customary ways. This is one of the reasons why we sought a measure of flexibility with the policy, which we consider to be fair and sensitive to media needs and consistent with industry norms.

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