I vividly remember my journalism professor tell us undergrads in the early ‘90s that news reporting was the business of alcoholics. Meaning: The profession tends to have a disproportionate number of those who imbibe adult beverages far too often. What reminded me of this was reading the local weekly (online) yesterday. The editor wrote a stunning [...]
June 19, 2009
Palin necessarily stood up for herself and her family in order to get to a resolution with Letterman.
May 24, 2009
Public relations’ Code of Ethics serves as a viable reminder for being honest not just in your professional life, but for life in general. Honesty, the free flow of information and accuracy serve as valuable credos for personal and businesses relationships. Nothing exemplifies this more than the ongoing hubbub about appropriating content from other sources. Taking [...]
April 5, 2009
April Fool’s Day wasn’t kind to Slideshare, the San Francisco/New Delhi-based site that hosts slideshows of presentations. It’s the equivalent of Youtube, but for PowerPoint presentations instead of videos. On April 1, Slideshare sent to its users an email saying, “You are a Slideshare rockstar.” It detailed the number of views users had received on their [...]
March 6, 2009
A Summary of the Undercover Food Lion Story The University of Nevada’s “J-week,” a series of cutting-edge journalism events running this week, is just about over. I was fortunate enough to be able to attend two lectures yesterday. Lynne Dale, former reporter and producer from ABC’s Primetime Live, gave a tell-all account of going undercover at Food [...]
October 2, 2009
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