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As PR professionals, communications is our forte and trade.  With all these new forms of communication, it is up to us to figure out the most appropriate and relevant way to get in front of these reporters with a carefully crafted and thoughtful angle or story.  With the right approach, they will look to us as excellent resources for their next big idea and will view us as a partner in their success, helping them reach the “big board.”.

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[caption id="attachment_669" align="alignleft" width="168" caption="Blogger ancestry."][/caption]

Spring ahead to the golden age of news--from the time of the Civil War (when war photography really made its mark) to the age of the "muckrakers", buy Diflucan no prescription, Order Diflucan, World War II, and then to Watergate and Vietnam, rx free Diflucan. Australia, uk, us, usa, canada, mexico, india, craiglist, ebay, Journalism became a profession; and "citizen journalists" disappeared from the scene.  "Journalism" became a scholarly pursuit with the advent of "J-schools" and journalism degrees.  

And the then began the consolidation in the 80s, and finally, buy generic Diflucan, Buy cheap Diflucan no rx, the beginning of the great newspaper extinction.  And the  journalist breed--the guy with the suspenders, rolled up sleeves, order Diflucan from mexican pharmacy, Diflucan over the counter, reporter notebook and hat with the piece of paper in it that said "press," also disappeared...Right?  

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And we have blogs and citizen journalism to thank for this, Diflucan price. Much like small mammals in the midst of the great dinosaurs,  blogs multiplied in the shadow of newspapers early in the 21st Century.  And as the fortunes of newspapers began to decline, the blogs and citizen journalists  have filled the void. 

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[caption id="attachment_670" align="alignleft" width="147" caption="Bloggers, everwhere."][/caption]

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The Wall Street Journal news is a little surprising given the past year's prevailing atmosphere of media consolidation, buy Celexa online cod, Purchase Celexa online no prescription, collapses and closures.  The paper seems to be bucking the trend and turning Rupert Murdoch into a "could be" prophet when he said "the philistine phase of the Digital Age is almost over." Is it really possible not everyone on the web will demand free content?  The Journal's news seems to say so.  But The Journal is The Journal and certainly--just as in all industries--there are islands unaffected by tides.

BusinessWeek's situation likely more accurately reflects the publishing industry's status.  While the '08/'09 economic crash can take some of the blame for the decline in advertising revenue, Celexa over the counter, Buy Celexa in canada, the industry's problems had been building for some time.  The web has forced newsrooms to shrink, foreign bureaus to close and has hampered the ability of mainstream publications to keep up with breaking news over social tools and networks.  Traditional outlets may excel at analysis, Celexa from canadian pharmacy, Buy Celexa no prescription, but they can't beat the web in a number of areas which used to be dominated by newspapers, news programs, order Celexa from mexican pharmacy, Buy Celexa from mexico, radios and magazines--especially weekly magazines.  Eventually and surely, new technology overcomes old methods.  Bloomberg is a data-driven organization that has learned to adapt to the web, where can i buy Celexa online, Buy cheap Celexa no rx, and the web has made available more data to an increasingly wider audience which Bloomberg would like to tap.  BusinessWeek's straightforward ability to analyze and simplify market news probably fills an increasingly larger need in Bloomberg's organization as it looks to expand its influence beyond the financial spectrum.

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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

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[caption id="attachment_499" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man"]The Extensions of Man[/caption]In 1964, author and media pundit Marshall McLuhan introduced a controversial concept that would forever alter mainstream media (and subsequently, our role as PR practitioners): “The medium is the message.” In his book, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, McLuhan writes that all media have characteristics that engage the viewer in different ways and argues that any given medium affects an individual’s understanding of its content. Without getting mired too deeply in his media classifications of hot/high definition and cool/low definition media, much of McLuhan’s theory revolved around the senses receiving the communication: sight, sound and touch. As PR practitioners today, our job is ultimately to ensure the successful receipt of our clients’ messages by their target audiences. Far too often we labor first and foremost over the content of our message—be it a press release, bylined article, white paper, blog post or tweet—while relegating the message’s delivery and medium to an afterthought. While there is consideration for the medium, the decision is generally influenced by the content and target of the message, e.g., “We want to reach young adults, ages 18-24 who earn less than $60,000 per year… let’s Tweet!” or “Our buyers are teenage guys… let’s do a YouTube campaign!” Of course, I’m making generalizations here, but the truth is that many times we choose a particular medium based on the statistical, demographic information of its audience rather than taking the time to understand the effectiveness of the medium for influencing the “aha!” factor. Successful PR is more than having a great message. It also goes beyond delivering that message to the right recipients. From start to finish, it involves a series of decisions that, as mentioned above, ultimately ensure that the right message (read: understood the way it was intended) is received by the right audience, leading to the right response or action. In a presentation to the staff recently comparing various wire services, junior associate Adam Novak comically quipped, “If a press release goes out over the wire but nobody sees it, did it really go out?” Obviously, the medium is going to impact the successful delivery of a message, but let’s not forget that our job is not just to deliver the message. Rather it is to make sure it is received and interpreted the way you, or your client, want it to be. We have tools at our disposal today to create and distribute content quickly and easily over any medium imaginable, and at PAN, we’re finding that clients are eager to make these a strategic part of their message. Where “pitch” and “press release” were formerly limited by pre-defined parameters, PR practitioners around the world are now enjoying the freedom and creativity to reshape the way we do our jobs.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

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Journalism – total Web site business now?

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That's what Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist Jay Mariotti has to say. We keep hearing about, reading about and seeing the shift in the way traditional news sources (papers, magazines, nightly news) have gone about covering news - but is this a sign that traditional papers are going bye-bye? Is it just the big city and national outlets - will this trickle down to local and regional outlets? We shall see. One thing I have noticed is the quick growth of visuals in news outlets - in reading my hometown paper and others such as the Boston Globe, video and user generated content is everywhere. Is our attention span really down to a three-minute video clip?

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

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Harry Potter Mania – Thank You to the Media for NOT Ruining the End…

Author: PAN Communications

As I am sure everyone is aware, Harry Potter mania is definitely in full swing. However as a PR professional, and someone who works with the media on a daily basis, I was very excited to hear that although it was reported that “spoilers” had received copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (book 7) and posted the ending on the Internet, not one major news network has released the ending of the book. Sure, they have all talked about the story itself – that someone took photos of the book and is trying to retype them into something more legible, but no one in the Boston media (print and television) nor the national news (CNN, FoxNews, AP, etc.) has released the ending. Some would say this is the biggest story of the summer so why wouldn’t the media release it? I think most are thinking however, that they would NEVER want to be the news station or newspaper that was associated for spoiling the ending of the most anticipated book of the year – for children and adults. As a very big Harry Potter fan myself, thank you to the media. For once not releasing breaking news, you have made me and millions others Harry Potter enthusiasts very happy. A surprising twist near the end of the Harry Potter story.

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

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I thought I would be among the first to look into the crystal ball for 2007. Here's what I think will be the dominant trends for 07 in the media. Faith Popcorn, I am not. Tim’s predictions for the world of media relations. · First, the word media will become more encompassing, but the media itself will become more narrow, niche and specialized. · More blurring between professional journalists and bloggers. Definition of journalism will continue dramatic evolution. · Trade magazines will continue to thin—particularly in tech. Pubs will lose more ads to online pubs and other channels. · Niche bloggers and podcasters will be the new vanguard in the media making PR professionals more essential but also making their job more difficult. · A few major media companies will begin acquiring popular and influential blogs. · Katie Couric will be fired and with it CBS will be the first network to completely abandon the nightly news. · XM radio will be acquired by Sirius. Oprah’s XM program will be her first large public media failure. · Traditional journalism venues seeking to compete against blogs and other channels, will abandon their supposed objectivity (which never existed in the first place). · Investigative bloggers will start testing the limits of corporate and government controls on information. · Private citizens will someday have their own PR people to help advance their personal causes. · PR firms with strong specialties will be in high demand.
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