Yeah, there’s an app for that

By on September 30th, 2009 In Hype!

There’s nothing that excites the former journalist in me more than AP style, so I had to post this when my friend Scott Appel sent it along: A 2009 AP Stylebook app is now available on the App Store for $28.99, usable on an iPhone or iPod Touch. It features searchable listings for the main, [...]

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PRSA: My line in the sand

By on September 29th, 2009 In Professional Development

My line in the sand: The collision of crisis, truth and integrity The Phoenix Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America Presents Denise Tyrrell, Director of the Southern California Division, California Public Utilities Commission Denise Tyrrell was leading the public relations efforts for the Los Angeles commuter train system last September when the unthinkable happened: two trains [...]

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Are professional orgs doing enough to help job seekers?

By on September 29th, 2009 In Jobs

Valley PR Blog reader Pat Elliott posted an article on Facebook this morning from Ragan.com in which the author suggests groups like PRSA and IABC are not doing enough to help job seekers. Industry pro Janet L. Falk, who is in fact looking for a new job, writes: “It’s even harder when the displaced don’t [...]

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When should PR and politics mix?

By on September 28th, 2009 In Best Practices

Kudos to Arizona’s Attorney General Terry Goddard.   It seems rare that a politician will recuse himself on the basis of previous appearances and statements, but he has done so when it comes to the issue of a proposed new state law that puts restrictions on abortions.   There aren’t a lot of public figures with this [...]

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Lizzie Borden: Queen of Spin

By on September 25th, 2009 In Hype!

If OJ was the crime of the 20th century, Lizzie Borden was the female equivalent for the 19th century.   In 1892, she took a hatchet and killed her father and her stepmother, presumably so she could escape her father’s tight grip on the family finances and live the life she craved in high society in [...]

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Did you get $384 richer yesterday?

By on September 24th, 2009 In Advice

If you were on Twitter yesterday you probably received a ridiculous message from someone in your network that went “hey, I made $384 yesterday. this website showed me how” –followed by a suspicious looking shortened URL. I received several of these, and promptly contacted the senders, certain that this was some robotic message. ($384 was enough [...]

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