Category Archives: The Agency

Big Three Bailout: What about your consumers?

Posted on November 27, 2008 by bkranz

I’m sure I’m not the only American sick and tired of hearing the phrase “bailout” repeatedly throughout the day. In these harsh economic times, it’s nearly impossible to escape it. For lack of a better way to describe it, I … Continue reading →

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Let's Talk About Ethics, Baby

Posted on November 21, 2008 by agilliam

So, I stumbled upon an interesting blog this week about journalists giving public relations advice to paying clients. This practice has been brought to the forefront of ethical issues as of late due to Dan Abrams leaving broadcast journalism behind … Continue reading →

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PR, Relationships and Barack Obama…

Posted on November 14, 2008 by wackyzachy47

First I would just like to say that I LOVE how every blog I looked at, no matter what aspect of PR it was talking about somehow related to Barack Obama winning the election last week. I know American Politics … Continue reading →

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Marketing and Public Relations, are they interchangeable?

Posted on November 6, 2008 by erikanp2004

Like many of you I am going to be a college graduate in December. I will soon have to spread my wings and get a big kid job. Therefore I have been looking for jobs lately and I feel like … Continue reading →

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To use video or not to use video? That is the question.

Posted on October 30, 2008 by bkranz

Mark Rose, of PRBlogNews.com, recently posted about the use of video in the PR profession. He discusses the slow process of changing the tedious tasks PR practitioners do every day into “web-based digital assets.” According to Rose, the process of … Continue reading →

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Come to the dark side

Posted on October 23, 2008 by agilliam

With many of us in this class graduating within the year, I’m guessing that a great many hours have been spent pondering what we will do with our lives after school. I think one of the first things we set … Continue reading →

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Facebook, iPhones and Other New Avenues for Communications…

Posted on October 12, 2008 by wackyzachy47

As I have seen in my tenure here in college the use and necessity of cell phones and facebook has exploded. This past weekend, I went on a trip to California to ASU take on (and summarily get slaughtered by) … Continue reading →

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Spin Alley – Necessary?

Posted on October 9, 2008 by erikanp2004

Have you heard of spin alley? I had not heard of it until I was watch the pre-debate coverage of the Oct. 7 Presidential debate on Fox News Channel. As a public relations student I was intrigued by this concept, so … Continue reading →

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Is Journalism Really Dying?

Posted on October 1, 2008 by bkranz

As a new member to the world of blogging, I decided to Google PR blogs and see what else is out there. I came across Naked PR, a blog written by Jennifer Mattern. Mattern refers to her blog as “cutting … Continue reading →

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Journalists' Right vs. PRs' Might

Posted on September 25, 2008 by agilliam

In the past few days there has been quite an uproar from the media due to the McCain campaign’s continued sheltering of Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin. On Tuesday and Wednesday she met with world leaders from the United Nations … Continue reading →

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