I spent the past weekend pondering the recent changes made in the White House communications team and the reaction to […]
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Keeping Up With News About the News
For those of us in higher ed media relations, there’s a lot of news to keep up with on a […]
The Luxury of Choice
I’m a big fan of College Signing Day. Not the official sports-related one, but the national one that celebrates students […]
So Long Personal Essay! The Op-Ed is King
A few weeks ago, Erin shared this New Yorker column about the demise of the personal essay with our staff. […]
Quick Hit: Attention PR People!
Dear PR Colleagues– It is best when public relations professionals blend into the background (which is different than hiding in […]
Quick Hit: Want to Nail an Interview? Listen to This Sheryl Sandberg Piece on NPR
While she has her critics, Sheryl Sandberg nailed this interview on NPR’s All Things Considered yesterday. The Facebook executive, mother […]
Bursting Your Bubble (In a Good Way)
As Teresa has pointed out in the past, social media can sometimes narrow our perspectives and reduce our interactions with […]
What Is So Hard About “I’m sorry. We were wrong. We can do better.”?
There are a couple of elephants in the room this week for every PR professional across the country. The first […]
Quick Hit: Bridging Versus Spinning
When conducting media training, I stress the use of bridging to shift from the question asked to an answer the […]