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Meet the Media: John Hitch, Editor of Fleet Maintenance

Bianchi Biz Blog

How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? Along with mostly doing things I can’t ever talk about, I sometimes served as a de facto public affairs liaison on the submarine, writing about the PG stuff that happened on our rare port calls. And when we can strike a balance between the two, that’s best of all.

Meeting 90
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International Conference Preview: Frank X. Shaw Talks Diversity, Disruption and 10 Years at Microsoft

PRSay

You have a degree in journalism from the University of Oregon. Did you ever consider a career as a reporter, and what journalism skills do you rely on in your job today? I worked for my school newspaper, and when I joined the Marines I was a public affairs officer. There was a radio station.

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The Changing Face of Public Relations in Government; Off Script #30: Merritt Allen of Vox Optima

Sword and the Script

She says she worked in radio long before earning a commission, but the Navy saw fit to assign her as a weapons officer. Incidentally, her arrival at her first duty station in the Philippines coincided with a volcanic eruption and, in need of communications help, her commanding officer reassigned her to public affairs.