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Media Meltdown: When Relationships Go Bad

May 16, 2012

Editor’s note: This is a re-post of an article Merritt penned on what happens when professional media relationships go bad. A story broke last weekend in The Washington Post that a military spokesperson has filed a complaint agains...

Tagged: media relations, media, public relations, relationships

Public Relations Basics: Put Your Best Spokesperson Forward

Apr 19, 2012

When a company is involved in an issue impacting the general public and hopes to generate positive public opinion, who is the best person to respond to the hometown media covering the story? Often, for some inexplicable reason, companies turn to t...

Tagged: media relations, strategic communication, public relations, outcome based communication, communication planning

Living In The Era of Mea Culpa

Mar 30, 2012

So, Belvedere Vodka made a serious mistake.  Their recent ad campaign appears to promote sexual assault.  In case you haven’t seen it, (because the company was quick to pull it, but you can see it in the following link to a Forbes...

Tagged: belvedere vodka, rainn, crisis communication, social media, public relations

Cutting Off Women's Health Care Funding = Hugely Bad Idea

Feb 3, 2012

Because part of my job is helping people avoid public relations disasters, I’ve been following with interest the showdown between the Susan G. Komen For The Cure Foundation and Planned Parenthood.  In case you don’t keep up on cur...

Tagged: susan g komen, crisis communication, public relations, messaging, planned parenthood, womens health, crisis management

Monday Coffee Meeting - Amanda Jones

Jan 30, 2012

It’s Monday again, much to many’s dismay.  But to take the edge off, here’s another installment of the Monday Coffee Meeting to introduce another Vox Optima staffer.  Today’s exercise in privacy invasion is with s...

Tagged: amanda jones, social media, sports fan, public relations, vox optima, virginia tech, staff