Items tagged with public relations
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...