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Hoosier PRSA Blog |
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PR Trends, PR Issues, Crisis Communications |
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Hoosier PRSA Blog is for members of the Hoosier Chapter of PRSA to discuss public relations issues and trends affecting the profession. Prospective members, students, journalists and those interested in public relations are encouraged to join in the discussion. Hoosier PRSA Blog will also be used to provide brief news related to the chapter. |
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In memoriam: Beth Wood, 58, lecturer at Indiana University
An excerpt from the IU School of Journalism web site:The Indiana University School of Journalism community will gather Thursday, Nov. 19, for a Celebration of Life in honor of senior lecturer Beth Wood, who died Saturday afternoon from complications of treatment for lung cancer. Faculty, staff, students and friends are welcome to attend this informal gathering any time from 6-8 p.m. at the Fountain Square Ballroom, 101 W. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington.Wood, 58, taught public relations at the graduate and undergraduate levels. In 2004, she helped launch the IU chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America an
Ghost Blogging As A Public Relations Tool
Squidoo is a wealth of information. Today I read a nice treatment on the utility of ghost blogging. It's a practice that's cause some to decry the ethics of such writing -- warning us that communication blurs and transparency becomes opaque. Who's writing what? But ghost blogging is no different than a public relations professional penning a bylined article for a CEO. David Kirkpatrick a fiction writer and journalist has published in newspapers and magazines. His work includes web content, ghost fiction writing, and short fiction. His take is apropos for debate among PR professionals and others in Indianapolis."The death of any blog is a lack of activity
Nice Overview of Changes to PRSA Bylaws
I'm sure more details will be shared from PRSA in the future, but for anyone interested in an overview of some of the changes, this blog post on PRSAY by Mike Cherenson does a better job than I could do.
If I see a more detailed report, I'll post it to our blog as well. Now, the PRSA staff, lawyer and parliamentarian (who were AMAZING, BTW) will be cleaning up the language and creating templates for local chapters.
Cathy Kightlinger's Talk Of Our Town Tip Sheet
If you were unable to attend today's monthly luncheon, you missed a great Meet the Media panel with The Indianapolis Star which consisted of editors Jenny Green, Steve Berta and reporter Cathy Kightlinger. You can find some tidbits of their advice to PR pros on Twitter at http://twitter.com/HoosierPRSA.As promised, here are Cathy's tips for her "Talk Of Our Town" column: Download Cathy Kightlinger¹s Talk of Our Town Tip Sheet
The Story of the Ghost
A few days ago, an Indianapolis-based freelance writer
issued a post on her blog on the topic of ghostblogging. She refers to
herself as a writer, ghost blogger and social media rock star. In her post, she
defended the practice of ghostblogging and rejected claims that her work is
unethical, inauthentic and outright lying.I happen to agree with her and provided my two cents on the
subject by commenting on her blog. Another local PR practitioner was so adamant
that ghostblogging is equal to lying that
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