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Is the President's Financial Rescue Plan a Laughing Matter?
By: Maya Lunnemann
03/19/2009 - Is President Obama turning the presidency and his position into a joke? Is it really necessary for him to go on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" to push his political agenda? Some already have said that President Obama, who used an unconventional approach during his…
A meal on Madoff
By: Christi Dixon
03/19/2009 - I wonder if the owner of Nino's 208 expected this kind of publicity when he offered a free meal to Madoff victims? Did he really just aim to turn those frowns upside down? Hmm.
Insights from NPR
By: Melissa Lackey
03/17/2009 - Welcome Tim Eby! Watch out St. Louis...our local national public radio station has some exciting things in store, not the least of which is the potential move to Grand Center in 2011. Thanks to the monthly Focus St. Louis Breakfast Club, we had an opportunity…
Media Relations for the Media: “Basic Cable Personality Clash Skirmish ‘09”
By: Patrick Lunsford
03/13/2009 - This past Thursday night, Jim Cramer, of CNBC's Mad Money fame, sat down for an interview with The Daily Show's Jon Stewart. The event, satirically called the "week-long feud of the century," started after Cramer took personal offense to The Daily Show's recent lambasting of…
Journalists are Evolving, Ready or Not
By: Christi Dixon
03/11/2009 - I had a great conversation with a reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch this morning. It was enlightening. And informative. And depressing. This particular guy has a deep background in a particular area. He's been yanked off that beat to cover timely economic issues (depressing)…
Show Me What You’ve Got
By: Christi Dixon
02/24/2009 - The trade show is very much alive; it's just changing shape. In fact, I'd argue that it's still one of the most cost-effective and most overlooked communication tools... but the strategies need to be aligned with what you're trying to accomplish. Are you aiming to…
How to know if you're receiving good counsel
By: Tammy Stankey
02/23/2009 - Last week a colleague sent this blog post from David Mullen around. In it, David identifies 10 clues to knowing if a client/company is getting good value from its PR counselors. I couldn't improve much on the list, or the comments that followed, except to suggest that good counselors also…
What Were You Thinking?
By: Loren Wassell
01/28/2009 - If you're concerned about reputation management, it's a nightmare. One of your employees seems to have been soliciting phony, favorable reviews on the Internet. Not surprisingly, he's been caught and outed. Your credibility is on the line. That appears to be what happened to Belkin,…
Twitter in your Toolbox
By: Christi Dixon
01/21/2009 - It was obvious on Inauguration Day. Twitter is becoming more respected as a mainstream news source, professional communications tool and a mouthpiece for citizen journalists. CNN was lauded this past fall for promoting Twitter on air, and NBCWashington.com used Twitter yesterday to inform Inauguration guests of…
Do Zombies Really Help Sell Medication?
By: Beth Minnigerode
01/15/2009 - I guess GlaxoSmithKline's Treximet® received an outpouring of disgust for its commercial featuring women who look like they've decapitated themselves due to their migraine headaches. As a result, Treximet has altered the commercial to look less like a trailer for a zombie movie. I…
