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 10, 2010
The crisis management arena is fraught with uncertainty. As technology develops, newsrooms are downsized and the condition of public opinion is in a constant state of flux, it’s easy to get excited about the crisis of the day, week or month. More and more PR bloggers, myself included, are quick to weigh in—whether it’s on [...]
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 [...]
August 22, 2010
In this first podcast at The Good, The Bad, The Spin, we interview Michael Fumento, author, writer and attorney, and discuss the facts behind the Toyota sudden acceleration scares, media-enabled hysteria, the origins of “America’s Most Wanted,” media coverage of crises and crisis management in an age of media misinformation. [display_podcast]
October 1, 2010