It’s – 30 – for Rocky Mountain News

By on February 27th, 2009 In Media

Today’s issue of the Rocky Mountain News will be its last according to its owner E.W. Scripps Co. The Rocky Mountain News has been in existence since 1859 but Scripps says the paper lost $16 million last year and, guess what, nobody wanted to buy it. The paper is the first to actually shut down [...]

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Did Bobby Jindal need a speechwriter?

By on February 26th, 2009 In Best Practices, Writing

I thought I was being a bit harsh when watching the Republican rebuttal the other day. I thought his speech was a badly packaged naive response. My main point was (you could see the full post here) from the basic: teleprompter training, to choice of anecdote, to simply weak speech. I now see that others [...]

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Keep your cool in this economy

By on February 25th, 2009 In Best Practices

What do you do in a down economy when clients aren’t buying? Or they’re not getting back to you?  I’m hearing it from independent practitioners and agency friends alike — times are a little challenging right now. I don’t take it personally anymore if a company doesn’t respond to me after meeting with me or asking [...]

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Pitching on Twitter

By on February 24th, 2009 In Pitching

Now that more Phoenix reporters are on Twitter, I noticed some of them looking for help with stories or discussing pitches in their tweets. At first I was concerned about approaching them with an idea and having everyone else see what I was doing. Then, I’d try to approach some through a DM (Direct Message) and [...]

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Happening happy hours

By on February 24th, 2009 In ValleySource

Do you represent restaurant/bar clients with stupendous, fabulous, out-of-this-world, how-do-they-do-that happy hour specials? I’m not talking $1 off drinks, or a limited supply of frozen food service flash-fried crunchy munchies. I mean outrageous deals, with top-notch food and high-quality wine and drinks for cut-rate prices. If you say sure, we fit that bill, then please [...]

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Southwest Graphics names Jacoby managing editor

By on February 24th, 2009 In People

Southwest Graphics has named Michelle Jacoby as its new managing editor. Jacoby will begin her tenure leading the 18-year-old magazine immediately. Jacoby replaces previous editor Diana Kullman, who resigned to pursue other interests. Jacoby has been a professional writer and editor in the Phoenix metropolitan area for more than 15 years and has been involved [...]

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