Spin Cycles – PR Conversations

July 31, 2012June 28, 2020 PR Mediums

The intersection of public relations and journalism in the digital age

A conversation with CanWest’s newest Fellow appointment, Ira Basen Notice from the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS) at Western University “On behalf of the FIMS appointments committee, I am very pleased to announce that Ira Basen has been appointed our CanWestl Fellow for 2012-2013. Mr. Basen will take up the fellowship during this coming fall [2012] term…. During his tenure as CanWest Fellow, Mr. Basen will be teaching a graduate elective, “The Future...

June 6, 2011June 28, 2020 PR Vision

Truth to Power: A tribute to PR pioneer and critic, Chet Burger

Guest post by Ira Basen I think the hardest thing for anybody in life, certainly anybody in public relations or among management consultants, is to tell truth to power.” — Chet Burger (2008) Chet Burger spent half a century in public relations speaking truth to power. And his death from cancer last March at the age of 90, represented not just the passing of a true PR pioneer, but the silencing of an important voice...