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Meet the Media: Michael Freeze, Features Editor at Transport Topics

Bianchi Biz Blog

We are a business-to-business weekly newspaper covering the trucking and logistics industries. The most fun was a feature I wrote about the “Right to Repair” around 2004. My first job was an assistant editor/web for a magazine called Transportation & Logistics from Penton Media in Cleveland. I handed it in and received an A.

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Meet the Media: Doug Newcomb, Freelance Automotive Journalist  

Bianchi Biz Blog

Probably a feature for Corvette Quarterly in 2004, when I profiled racecar driver Leilani Munter and her high-school friend. I started writing for my college newspaper and freelancing in 1984 and got my first full-time editorial job in 1988 right out of college, as editor for Installation News (now Mobile Electronics ) at Bobit Publishing.

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The Evolution Of Corporate Social Responsibility In PR: A Snapshot

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

In one of the first ever media stunts, Bernays alerted the press that the protests would be happening and instructed the women to tell their stories to the major outlets of the time: newsreels, newspapers, and the three press associations. Weeks later, the ban of women smoking in Broadway theaters was lifted.

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News planning, tools and workflow to build an editorial calendar

Stephen Waddington

It’s a form of workflow borrowed from a media newsroom. The chip paper phrase originates from the 24 hours news cycle when newspapers printed two editions per day. The reality of modern media is that news stories are published to the web instantaneously. Media and event websites are also a good source of information.

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The Silicon Valley Watcher to publish on PressPage

Presspage

In May 2004, Tom Foremski became the first journalist to leave a major newspaper, the Financial Times, to become a full-time journalist blogger. He writes the blog Silicon Valley Watcher — reporting on the collision of media and technology. Every Company is a Media Company The media landscape has changed drastically.

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Spotlight on a Solo PR Pro: Meet Doug Levy

Solo PR Pro

You could say Doug Levy was born to work in the media and communications industry. I was that first grader who wanted to start up a class newspaper,” he jokes when describing himself. After spending most of the 1990s covering healthcare for USA Today, the newspaper transferred him to San Francisco to cover technology.

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P.T. Barnum: “There’s No Such Thing as Bad Publicity”

Doctor Spin

Barnum (1810–1891) was a savvy publicity showman, one who impacted particular aspects of public relations and advertising, primarily event planning, event promotion and true publicity/media coverage. In contrast, many majority members don’t hold their opinions so firmly. 3 Chryssochoou, X. and Volpato, C. Berkowitz (Ed.), 3 Chryssochoou, X.