posts under: Public Relations.

As we near the end of the month, many people have already failed with their New Year’s Resolution. Whether it’s losing weight, exercising more, keeping your desk neat, or starting a book list, most of us tend to fall back to our old ways –[...]

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The entire Ferguson situation, while extremely polarizing on a social, political and emotional level, taught an important lesson about the value of public relations. Getting in front of an issue, speaking to the public and ensuring your side of the story is told is key[...]

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Every time a reported story turns out to be false, the public loses its faith in the press. Case in point, in the past month, two stories reported from credible outlets turned out to be riddled with inconsistencies or completely fabricated. Rolling Stone recently published[...]

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The recent high-profile hacking of Sony Pictures has caused a public relations nightmare for all involved. More confidential company data, internal email exchanges and unreleased movies continue to be leaked by the group calling itself “#GOP,” which stands for Guardians of Peace. The spotlight is[...]

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An Austin-based public relations firm with a strange name broke an important industry rule and was forced to learn its lesson the hard way this week. Strange Fruit Public Relations, a firm specializing in hospitality and culinary PR, came under a social media firestorm after[...]

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November 14, 2014

What a wonderful experience speaking with FIU Adjunct Professor Hugo Ottolenghi’s FIU PR writing class last night. There is no question, it is a labor of love for the former Scripps business editor and Daily Busines Review real estate editor. His 20 students were engaged, learning[...]

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