Anyone who follows the machinations of today’s news and social media ecosystems will no doubt recognize the danger to society when factually inaccurate stories catch fire and influence public opinion. We saw this following the Boston Marathon bombings and many other instances when legit, but impulsive journalists share unverified news with their social followers. The Online…… Continue reading Russia Hacking The News
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New Media & The PR Pro: A Look Ahead
I can’t decide whether these are the best of times or the worst of times for public relations professionals. Clearly, we’re thriving in a changed and changing world that, frankly, is not well suited to those accustomed to the status quo. On the one hand, companies still crave and handsomely compensate their agencies for stories…… Continue reading New Media & The PR Pro: A Look Ahead
PR & Media Spam
How fortuitous to grab breakfast this morning at Balthazar with Qz’s Director of Public Relations Emily Passer, a veteran of F-H and The FT. Emily drew my attention to two recent stories – the first, by Qz reporter Gideon Lichfield who caustically opened with: “Dear PR person who just sent me a robo-pitch:” The second was a…… Continue reading PR & Media Spam
The Power of Storytelling: Plotting The Future of Media
A couple of years into my first job in the PR industry, my boss, a high-powered, high-strung entertainment PR icon asked if I would mind having lunch with a young woman friend of his who had recently been tapped to handle PR chores for the nascent Museum of Broadcasting on East 53rd Street in New York City.…… Continue reading The Power of Storytelling: Plotting The Future of Media
PR’s House Of Media Cards
Appointment TV has seen better days. Sure, live sporting events, big-time award shows, live TV talk, and breaking news still have the capacity to draw large, shared audiences in real-time. But more and more consumers are opting to time-shift their regular cable, broadcast and video viewing to align with their own schedules. Netflix’s release of…… Continue reading PR’s House Of Media Cards
PR & Journalism: Best or Worst of Times?
I recently was invited to wax poetic on state of the PR industry in a webinar gloriously titled The Harsh New Media Reality. From my POV, the session title begs the question(s): Is this the best of times or the worst of times for both journalists and PR professionals. For journalists, it’s no secret that the…… Continue reading PR & Journalism: Best or Worst of Times?
News You Can’t Use
Last week, we found ourselves at Twitter’s New York City offices for an event whose topic couldn’t have been more timely in light of the downing of Malaysia Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine the next day. We met for the monthly gathering of the Online News Association’s NYC chapter, a vibrant Meetup group with 1750 members all…… Continue reading News You Can’t Use
I Hate The Term Media
Facebook co-founder and publisher/editor-in-chief of The New Republic Chris Hughes proclaimed his distaste for the term “media” on the I Want Media-sponsored “Future of Media” panel held today in Cooper Square as part of Internet Week New York. Given the many flavors, formats and deliver mechanisms the “media” comes in nowadays, I don’t blame Mr.…… Continue reading I Hate The Term Media
Russia’s Media Trolls
Nearly six years ago, I penned a post titled “Leaders Who Lie,” mostly about the blatant misinformation campaign propagated by one Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. I followed it up several years later with a similarly themed post titled “PR Rogues Gallery,” which broadened the meme to include Yasser Arafat, Syria’s Assad, Libya’s Qaddafi and Russia, which could…… Continue reading Russia’s Media Trolls