Great sports is the best PR?

By Dan Wool on July 31st, 2007 In Hype!

After 9/11, wasn’t it the Yankees-Diamondbacks World Series that helped return some normalcy? Now, 11 men have accomplished in 90 minutes what the U.S. and its allies have been helpless to establish for more than four years in Iraq (or did they?) – a sense of national unity, equality and hope. There’s platitudes and propaganda, [...]

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Donation information *updated*

By Dan Wool on July 30th, 2007 In Media

Below is charitable donation information for the telejournalists killed in Friday’s helicopter crash. (Thank you to VPRB reader Pat Elliott for the updated information).
A memorial fund for 3TV’s Jim Cox and Scott Bowerbank has been set-up at M&I Bank. Viewers can donate at any M&I Bank using the following information:
Jim Cox/Scott Bowerbank Memorial Fund
Account #: [...]

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Hal Mattern not quite going into PR after Republic

By Charlotte Shaff on July 30th, 2007 In Media

I was curious to learn more about Hal’s move from the Republic and he set me straight on what he will be doing..its not quite PR, but close enough.
“I am going to be director of communications for the W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU. I mainly will be editor of a new magazine the [...]

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Vancouver’s pay-by-phone parking

By Dan Wool on July 30th, 2007 In Social Media

While many organizations are trying to “give customers more control,” I came across this simple, pragmatic example of this here in Vancouver –allowing drivers to use a mobile phone to pay for parking.
The city has a phone number posted on parking meters. You call up 604.909.7275 and enter your parking space number, then the number [...]

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Pitch Me — Joan Westlake

By Len Gutman on July 30th, 2007 In ValleySource

Name: Joan Westlake
Title: Editor
Outlet: SanTan Essential
Phone: 480-968-8902
Email: Westwoman@aol.com
1. What do you do at SanTan Essential?
As the contributing editor, I work with the publishers to identify article and news topics. I assign and edit articles and see the pub through production and printing.
2. What kinds of stories are you looking for?
Articles must have a SanTan direct [...]

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Online experience in 2022

By Dan Wool on July 30th, 2007 In Media, Social Media

If you’ve seen the “Googlezon” video from the Museum of Modern History, you’ll like this.
It’s a bit of crystal-ball gazing tinged with conspiracy theory. For those of us who must inhabit the info economy, the Prometheus scenario on the media is worth a look.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj8ZadKgdC0]

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