One More Question: Helen Thomas Wheels A Final Blast of Truth to Power

Seeded on Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:20 PM EST (Below the Fold)

bush, washington, politics, journalism, news, press, upi, helen-thomas

Death by Google: What News Must Do to Earn Back its Brand

Seeded on Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:03 PM EST (Below the Fold)

google, media, business, newspapers, news, branding, pr, news-media

San Jose Mercury News: Paper Turns to a Little PR – and Pride – To Save Itself

Seeded on Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:01 PM EST (belowthefold.typepad.com)

business, newspapers, mcclatchy, knight-ridder, pr, public-relations

"Unbundled" Journalists: Every Reporter is a Freelancer – and a Brand

Fri Mar 3, 2006 12:39 PM EST

In a previous post I said that newspapers have failed because they have lost their brand identities. Newspapers – not all, but the majority – sacrificed voice for profit, and ended up with neither.

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media, technology, business, newspapers, journalism, news, journalists, tagging, web20, citizenjournalism

New Rules for the Modern Journalist

Fri Mar 3, 2006 12:36 PM EST

Few would argue that institutional journalism has lost its way. But journalists are not institutions; they have minds, ideas, passion, prejudice and purpose. They have the tools necessary to bring journalism back from the abyss – but not the will.

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media, technology, newspapers, journalism, news, journalists, tagging, web20, citizenjournalism, journalismnext

Making Newspapers Matter: The Journey Back to Brand

Fri Mar 3, 2006 12:33 PM EST

I read a newspaper this morning. Stop the presses.

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media, business, newspapers, journalism, news, journalists, reporters, branding, citizenjournalism, journalismnext

PR and Journalism Bloggers in the "Echo Chamber"

Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:07 PM EST

I like to think that my colleagues and peers are smarter than me, work harder than me, and with the exception of Craig Newmark and any L.A.

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rss, media, web-2-0, business, blogs, newspapers, journalism, news, communications, journalists

PR to the Rescue: Ten Slogans to Save Newspapers

Sun Jan 8, 2006 8:16 PM EST

Rarely a day goes by when someone isn't bellyaching about newspapers and their collision course with the recycling heap of history.

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business, newspapers, journalism, news, pr, public-relations, news-media

Worst Job Ever: PR Spokesperson for Pat Robertson

Fri Jan 6, 2006 1:40 AM EST

Working for crazy people has to be tough. In my old line of work we called these crazy people "editors," which is honestly the nicest thing an editor has ever been called.

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israel, politics, religion, sharon, pat-robertson, pr, public-relations