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T-Shirts, ESPN, and College PR
West Virginia University has a big public relations opportunity and a bit of PR problem coming up this weekend. The opportunity? ESPN’s immensely popular College GameDay is coming to the Mountain State for the West Virginia vs. Louisiana State game. … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 12, Uncategorized
Tagged campus image, public relations
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Hitler finds out about the changes to Star Wars on Blu-Ray
I completely blame my editor @dwainsmith for this. To quote Han Solo, “It’s not my fault….” (Note: As usual with the “Hitler finds out about memes, NSFW subtitles)
Posted in Chapter 8, Uncategorized
Tagged movies, Star Wars
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
Was this the source of a Castle plot? Who knew the pizza story from last year had a grain of truth in it? Of course, @jayrosen_nyu was talking about the NY Times stating flatly in a story that something was … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Uncategorized
Tagged Because I can, questions, Star Wars, video games
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It’s a small, small world…
Erik, my oldest son, views study abroad as an all-you-can-eat buffet. He went to Germany when he was 16 as a high school exchange student; he did a study abroad through University of Nebraska at Kearney in Rostock, Germany; and … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 15, Uncategorized
Tagged Because I can, global media, mobile media, social media
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Great 9/11 Television Archive
The Internet Archive has posted an absolutely mesmerizing archive of television coverage of the 9/11 attacks on the United States. Starting at 8 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 11 (when the first of the hijacked planes took off from Boston), … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 14, Chapter 9, Uncategorized
Tagged 9/11, ethics, television
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More Earthquakes and Twitter
Boing Boing shared a fascinating video up showing the spread of earthquake Tweets on Tuesday. The green dots are tweets about earthquakes, the gray dots are tweets about other topics. Each frame covers 1 second, and the video covers 12 minutes … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 10, Chapter 2, Uncategorized
Tagged social media, twitter
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Updated – Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
How do journalists handle telling the story when politicians and scientists conflict? There are always multiple sides when it comes to politics. But when you move into science, not all sides are equal. Finding a path to reporting on politicians … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 13, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 6, Uncategorized
Tagged apple, legal issues, questions
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Top Visual Communication Creative Projects from AEJMC11
Last week I attended (and Tweeted about) some great sessions at the AEJMC meetings in St. Louis. This will be the first of a series of posts highlighting what I saw and heard. This post looks at the award-winning creative … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 5, Uncategorized
Tagged legal issues, photography, public relations
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Ch. 3 Link – Rupert Murdoch, Capt. Renault, and the News of the World
I’ve been holding off blogging for some time about the whole fuss over the scandal surrounding the British tabloid News of the World because I haven’t really been sure what to say about it. On the one hand, the largest … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 3, Chapter 6, Uncategorized
Tagged ethics, international news, newspapers, Secret 4, Truth 4
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Questions worth asking (maybe)
Why on earth would a newspaper tell reporters not to engage with community? Are these guys nuts? This almost guarantees that people will view their media as being completely disconnected from their concerns. How should journalism schools teach mobile media? … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 6, Chapter 9, Uncategorized
Tagged mobile media, newspapers, questions, television, zombies
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