Pitch Me: Tamara Graham

By Charlotte Shaff on September 30th, 2008 In ValleySource

Name: Tamara Graham
Title: Editor-in-Chief
Outlet: True Genius Magazine (online magazine): www.truegeniusmagazine.com
Phone: 480.471.5782
Email
1. What are your main daily duties?
On any given day you’ll find me interviewing, screening story submissions and researching and writing content for the magazine.
2. What kinds of stories are you looking for?
We seek stories about the good that is happening in the [...]

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Sound off on Republic’s new look

By Len Gutman on September 29th, 2008 In Media

In case you missed it, The Arizona Republic unveiled a redesign this morning complete with a full-page “Welcome to the Republic’s Fresh New Look” guide. In a front page brief, editor Randy Lovely explained the changes.
“For more than a year and with feedback from more than 10,000 of you, The Arizona Republic has worked to identify [...]

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Blogs pick up scientific cred

By Angelo Fernando on September 29th, 2008 In Social Media

Science blogs pay attention to social media

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Video plays role in fact-checking

By Angelo Fernando on September 25th, 2008 In Social Media

There are lots of web sites, political groups, media folk and organizations (even the candidates’ sites) fact-checking statements politicians make, so it must be increasingly hard to face the cameras.
Some wing it, others –like Joe Biden- completely make it up as they go, only to be found out. Everyone is up for this kind of [...]

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McMurry launches E2E communication awards

By Len Gutman on September 25th, 2008 In Best Practices

It must be awards season again! New this year, McMurry has launched the E2E Communication Awards, the only awards program that focuses exclusively on internal communications—from executives to employees, from employees to executives and from employees to one another.
The awards, which emphasize communication as more than a one-way street and celebrate messages that move in [...]

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Palin: No Comment

By Len Gutman on September 24th, 2008 In Advice

Whether you like politics or not, it’s certainly a great canvas from which to learn about PR best practices. As the campaign for president heads into its final weeks, I plan to watch the proceedings with an eye toward how the campaigns manage their candidates.
Take for instance, Sarah Palin’s recent trip overseas. Peter Himler noted [...]

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