Last week, after finishing a series of very well-written, but heart-wrenchingly depressing novels, I decided I needed a change. Something […]
Media Relations
Where the Trump News Machine Leaves the Rest of Us
Many things have changed profoundly in our country since the 2016 election—including news coverage. The sheer amount of news created […]
What The Mooch can learn from Rumpelstiltskin and Higher Ed
I spent the past weekend pondering the recent changes made in the White House communications team and the reaction to […]
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 […]
Quick Hit: Rethinking Your Pitch
I’m not a cover-to-cover reader of Entrepreneur magazine, but do find myself on their site fairly regularly for higher education-related […]
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. […]
Long To-Do List? Take a Coffee Break
May is a particularly busy time in higher education, so when two of my colleagues suggested squeezing in an unplanned […]
What Aretha Teaches Us About Media Relations
Every once in a while, something appears on the internet that reminds me how grateful I am for this complex […]
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 […]