Career-building blocks led Andrew Arnold to LEGO
“I saw the job posting for LEGO, which was one of the companies in the world where I most wanted to work.” Andrew Arnold Backgrounder – Early career years: a…
Time for the truth about journalism
“Journalism is just ditchwater”, a quote attributed to Carlyle in 1881, contrasts with the claims of modern journalists who believe they play a critical role in society as the Fourth…
PRoust Questionnaire: Anne Gregory
Professor Anne Gregory, PhD, FCIPR, is director of the Centre for Public Relations Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University. Before moving into academic life, Anne spent 12 years in practice, holding…
In just one book – Global Public Relations: spanning borders, spanning cultures
Global Public Relations: spanning borders, spanning cultures Review by Toni Muzi Falconi I’ve now been teaching Global Relations and Intercultural Communication at New York University’s Master’s in Public Relations for…
Public relations should embrace not deny its marketing links
Many people think that PR is a subset of marketing – they are wrong . But so are those working in PR who seek to put great distance between what…
A one-on-one chat with Solo PR’s Kellye Crane
Kellye Crane, a 20-year public relations and communication veteran, has been operating independently as Crane Communications, LLC since 1995. She is a member of the Public Relations Society of America.…
According to Doug Lacombe, taking a dump is not necessarily the news
Unless publishers are prepared to add human aggregation and curation to the mix, they should shun syndication, lest they further commoditize the news business and strip away all value to…
PRoust Questionnaire: Markus Pirchner
The PRoust Questionnaire provides a quick insight into a public relations practitioner’s interests and point of view, as well as their professional beliefs and values. Answered by: Markus Pirchner
The big question: What is PR?
In May 2008, Catherine Arrow produced a useful edited publication: What is PR? which brought together a range of posts from PR Conversation touching on the “big question” that seems…
Never kiss an alligator and other lessons from PR History
The history of public relations began with PT Barnum parading elephants through small town America in the 1800s - with the famed huckster the cause of the ongoing misunderstanding of…