Why a PR campaign won’t bring resolution to the family of a police shooting victim, part one of two The Erik Scott case has begun to spread nationally. For review, Scott was ex-military and had a concealed weapons permit. He entered a Las Vegas Costco with two concealed guns, one in his waistband and one [...]
September 3, 2010
Attorney Robert Wone was murdered on August 2, 2006. The circumstances surrounding his death are both gruesome and mysterious. Three individuals were recently acquitted of charges associated with the murder: conspiracy, obstruction of justice and crime scene tampering. After Robert’s murder, four media professionals — Craig Brownstein, Michael Kremin, Doug Johnson and David Greer — [...]
September 1, 2010
The Public Relations Society of America announced last week that it is increasing enforcement of its media policy for its annual conference. The new level of enforcement potentially affects trade publications wishing to attend the conference with press credentials. In the past, trade publications were granted press access to attend the conference. This year, however, publications [...]
July 29, 2010
Allow me to indulge in a fanciful scenario. You are a maker of product X. Out of the blue, it comes to your attention that your product is being accused of causing the deaths of those using the product. You look into it, but you can’t confirm that is actually the case. Reports of deaths [...]
February 17, 2010
Like a well-orchestrated antiphony, the chirping by self-anointed crisis pundits has become formulaic: A crisis erupts and the call-and-response by social media sycophants, bloggers and journalists erupts into high gear, often adopting the tone of, “Here’s what (brand/individual) X should be doing.” There’s no doubt healthy reflection and even recommendations can be helpful. But the mere fact [...]
October 1, 2010