The other blog in my life

I am at the point in my doctoral studies when I can begin my seven comprehensive exams and start writing the literature review for my dissertation. It has been a long but extremely rewarding experience so far. Now, the intensity magnifies. As a required part of the process, I must blog weekly about the development [...]

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What do I tell my PR students about media relations?

Spring semester begins January 25, and once again I ask myself what to teach my PR students about media relations as the upheaval in media continues at a rapid pace. Ironically, a lot of the news these days is about news organizations themselves. And the news is bad, especially about newspapers – bankruptcies, layoffs, and ever-diminishing revenues. It [...]

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What I hate about Facebook

Mean-spirited, hate-filled political comments, that’s what. I am a huge fan of Facebook, but I do not use it as a political forum. I use it to see what my friends are up to. I do not go to Facebook to hear political diatribes from any viewpoint. There are other venues for that. I respect my friends’ [...]

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Silence is golden, they say, but what about blogging?

My inner voice, the responsible, disciplined, professional voice, keeps saying, “You must blog. It’s been too long between posts.” “Blog about what?” another voice in there says. I feel the pressure to blog regularly ever since I started this thing. But I also do not blog unless I have something to say. So what am I [...]

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