We’re dedicated to building readership of the Tiger Beat blog. So dedicated that we take our commentors out for lunch on campus. ;) In the spirit of bloggers being transparent about themselves, lets reveal what happens when someone takes the time to respond to our posts with thoughtful comments. Justin joined our blogging conversation a more »
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You now know the first rule of public relations. (For those needing a refresher, see The first rule of public relations.) But why does a professor need to know this? After all, don’t those of us working in media relations (public information officers, or PIOs, as we’re also commonly known) write the news releases and more »
Categories: PR tips 1 CommentI’ve been following, with some amusement, the reaction to my recent Democrat and Chronicle essay, in which I introduced a term—wrogging—to describe high-quality writing on a blog—a word that, I predict, will be in the dictionary before the turn of the century. (Note to bloggers: j o k i n g.) Here’s a sampling: jane, more »
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If you’ve ever wondered what University News Services does, take a peek… Whenever news-worthy events happen at RIT, whether it was the announcement of our men’s hockey team moving to Division I or a nanotechnology grant, press releases are written by the University News staff. Once these releases are sent to media outlets, RIT is more »
Categories: PR musings 1 Comment
March Madness has a new meaning at Duke University. The heavily favored Blue Devils exited the NCAA Basketball tournament early with a loss to LSU. Duke fans were in mourning. But this pales in comparison to the turmoil the University finds itself in today with allegations that members of the lacrosse team sexually assaulted a more »
Categories: PR musings 3 CommentsOne afternoon last fall, I stood before my Public Relations Writing students a couple days after we had a guest speaker and I offered a confession that went something like this: “In case you were wondering, I inform our guest speakers beforehand of the broad topic, but I never tell them what to say. And, more »
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