Thursday, October 31, 2013

Monday, October 28, 2013

KUSA airs story of child abuse amid threats it will be prosecuted

https://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/kusa-airs-child-abuse-story-despite-threat-of-criminal-charges_b107399

More on ads at security check lines

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/your-client-at-airport-security-checkpoints/

Phone-hacking trial begins in UK after two years of waiting

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/trials-former-murdoch-confidantes-begin-uk/

Update Oct. 30: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/30/britain-hacking-idUSL5N0II1PN20131030

Naked Vegas: Reality show worth watching?

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/naked-vegas-stick-day-job/

Ad-sponsored editorial content continues to be scrutinized

The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/business/media/ad-sponsored-editorial-content-draws-regulators-notice.html?nl=business&emc=edit_at_20131028

Tailgate potties

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/25/business/media/winning-sports-fans-hearts-by-giving-them-somewhere-to-go.html?nl=business&emc=edit_at_20131028

Vodka ad

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15329.aspx

Cheetos and Google team up to TP the world

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15456.aspx

Some explanations of the kind of people working at ad agencies

http://www.adrants.com/2013/10/work-wankers-highlights-annoying.php

Meaningful "ads" for the homeless

Salvation Army:
http://www.adrants.com/2013/10/salvation-army-places-street-signs-on.php

RyanAir's CEO tweets questionable

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15477.aspx

What PR professionals worry about

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15402.aspx

Urban Outfitters won't cover the Book of Jezebel after blogger's bad press

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15485.aspx

PR and brand journalism

What do you think?
http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15418.aspx

Pepto-Bismol tweet ungrammatical, yet popular

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15501.aspx

Let's call girls women, please

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15468.aspx

Is your boss a psychopath?

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15488.aspx

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Look at all these scholarships for journalism students!

http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/the-scholarship-coach/2013/10/17/investigate-scholarships-for-journalism-students

Instead of a resignation letter. . .

. . . employee creates rap song for quitting his ad agency digitas.
http://www.mediabistro.com/agencyspy/departing-digitas-staffer-turns-mc_b55142

Social media and doctors

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/your-doctor-spying-your-tweets-social-media-raises-medical-privacy-8C11427782

An example of a communications crisis: Healthcare.gov

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/pres-obama-the-affordable-care-act-is-not-just-a-website_b200575

Goodwill Halloween: Just for fun

Love it or hate it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw4De9it-8Q

Tips for college journalists

Good points: http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2013/10/advice-for-college-journalists-dont-do-what-i-did/?utm_source=MediaShift+Daily&utm_campaign=0a3f9e26fb-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_70e55682fc-0a3f9e26fb-286200613

Advertising stunt: Gone too far?

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/imagine-carrie-coffee-shop/
http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/15471.aspx

Blank pages in the NY Times? What?

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/whats-blank-pages-nyt/

Entertainment: Reality show brings up moral issues

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/governors-wife-just-vote/

More on the ethics of native advertising

http://adage.com/article/media/publishers-native-ads-editorial/244904/

MSNBC's blooper of a tweet

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/10/msnbc-glitch-caused-tweet-story-on-bill-young-retirement-175812.html?hp=r7

Atlanta news org apologizes for weird Twitter post

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/227002/atlanta-journal-constitution-posts-deletes-extremely-weird-tweet/

Conde Nast publishing ends internship program after being sued

http://www.wwd.com/media-news/fashion-memopad/internships-ending-7242603?module=hp-media

Monday, October 14, 2013

The distasteful news anchor tweet

I welcome your comments.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/news-anchor-criticized-comparing-shooting-breaking-bad-article-1.1478110

SEO, social media and journalism

I welcome your comments.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeremy-harris-lipschultz/-sponsored-content-disclosure_b_4054504.html

Just where is Hong Kong?

I welcome your comments.http://www.thewrap.com/cnn-hong-kong-south-america/

The "in-house" plaigarist

I welcome your comments.http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/oct/08/plagiarism-canada

CNBC staffers fired for thefts

I welcome your comments.https://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnbc-staffers-fired-for-theft_b199487

Socially responsible promotion from McDonalds

I welcome your comments.http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/mcdonalds-to-distribute-20-million-books-in-happy-meal-promotion_b78916

Fact-checking to start on columnists, bloggers

I welcome your comments.http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/politifact-to-start-fact-checking-tv-hosts-and-guests-with-punditfact_b199734

PR flack overheard at coal meeting

I welcome your comments.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabe-elsner/pr-flack-caught-on-tape-r_b_4079632.html

Scientific American blogger's post deleted: Ethical or not?

http://jezebel.com/sciam-apologizes-for-deleting-bloggers-post-on-being-c-1444576536

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/10/on-science-communication-respect-and-coming-back-from-mistakes/I welcome your comments.