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We’ve written several times about the tough economic straits facing today’s media organizations. Revenue is dwindling and newsrooms are shrinking, meaning the content your favorite [...]

Few stories light a fire under journalists more than allegations of abuse by powerful government or corporate interests.  Even if they don’t always get the facts right, the press takes its [...]

A spike in gas prices isn’t great for the consumer, but it’s not discouraging the oil and gas industry from spending big to get its message out. The American Petroleum Institute has [...]

1) PR firm’s pitch on behalf of client raises ethical questions (Media Bistro) — Burson Marsteller’s attempts to start a whispering campaign against Google backfire – and [...]

1) Using stories to persuade (Harvard Business Review) — Author John Baldoni writes that if you need to make an argument about an issue about which you feel very strongly, don’t use [...]