Jan 17, 2009
With more and more PR people wearing blogger’s hats (a great addition to any winter wardrobe), the line between PR and journalism – citizen or otherwise – continues to blur.I was thinking about this when I received my first over-the-transom pitch a...
Jan 4, 2009
The past few months, I’ve had to gird my stomach before picking up a newspaper (something, just six short months ago, I loved to do). The news has been singularly bleak and negative; even spilling into the softest of stories (e.g. holiday gift guides for...
Oct 21, 2008
According to an article in the Toronto Star, our fair metropolis placed fourth in a global ranking of cities that offer people the best cultural experience, after London, Paris and New York. Pretty good company, I’d say.And in the same piece, an A.T. Kearney...
Sep 22, 2008
There’s a Canadian federal election in full swing. Or should I say in full baby swing – as in fun if you’re in it, but other than that quite dull.It’s the same old posturing, spinning and name calling we remember in the past – only this...
Aug 16, 2008
When people from my agency go on vacation, we try to give them an email holiday, too.We stop cc’ing them and prepare an update that they receive just before they get back with a summary of what happened, the most recent drafts of documents and so on.Of course,...
