AAUP censure likely to be lifted It was reported today that Tulane University is likely to have its censure lifted as it negotiates with its faculty and the American Association of University Professors. I wrote two years ago about the debacle faced by Katrina-affected universities who were hit with censure by the AAUP for alleged [...]
June 8, 2009
As the New York Times navigates rough terrain with its employees – which include reporters for both the Times and the Boston Globe – a nice nugget appeared today on NPR’s Marketplace. Reporters, it seems, have become the story as they vote on negotiated pay cuts. The story itself is worth a listen. The reporter, [...]
May 20, 2009
The Story Behind Automaker CEO PR Disasters There’s nothing quite like a news story in which a corporate CEO is photographed in handcuffs. As the perceived pinnacle of global malfeasance, today’s CEO is widely vilified, and often for good reason. Or so it is assumed. Nothing illustrated the wide disconnect between CEOs and the masses [...]
April 13, 2009
A Missed Opportunity in the Billy Bob Thornton Fiasco I’m not sure of the category in which to place tortured celebrities. Like with politicians, the rules of the PR game are vastly different, so to even begin to prescribe, especially from a novice perspective, PR advice to somebody like Billy Bob Thornton would be [...]
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 [...]
June 15, 2009