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Weekend Reading 07.27.07 - Punctuated by Punctuation

By Dan Wool on July 27th, 2007 In Weekend Reading

I’ve been out of town for awhile and have had a lot of reading to catch-up on. Here are some choice articles and posts from around the PR blogosphere from earlier this month:

The Sad Fate of the Comma - Newsweek columnist Robert Samuelson on the death of an icon. (7/23)

Camera Phones and Citizen Journalists - camera phones at the New York steam explosion site took Jeff Nolan at Social Media Today by surprise. (7/19)

When Your Reporter Changes Jobs — Kevin at Bad Pitch explores what to do when your press relationships leave town. (7/18)

We Are What We Repeatedly Do – Richard Edelman discusses a new study on how young people digest news. (7/17)

SMS In America - Eric at Off Madison Ave gives a good text message marketing primer. (7/16)

Correcting the Public Relations Industry’s Problems — “Godfather of New York PR” Howard Rubenstein speaks out on Huffington Post - the old skool rant that draws some interesting new wave comments. (7/6)

The Nine Best Story Lines for Marketing – Guy Kawasaki paraphrases key lessons from the new Lois Kelly book Beyond Buzz: The Next Generation of Word of Mouth Marketing. (7/5)

40+ Tips to Improve Your Grammar and Punctuation — Kawasaki also had a link to this recently - from Dumb Little Man’s Tips for Life, a Chicago-based blog, citing the Purdue University online writing lab. (12/22/06)

If you have favorite PR-related articles or blog posts for the week, send them to us to share for Valley PR Blog’s Weekend Reading.

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