“We like the piece. It will go up on our site tomorrow morning and I’ll send you a link.” For a PR person, there’s no better way to start the day than to receive that kind of short reply from someone whom you’ve pitched an op-ed piece on behalf of one of your clients. The […]
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Glenn DuBois Calls on Congress “To Expand the Usage of Pell Grants for High-Quality, Non-Credit Workforce Training Programs”
In Testimony Before Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee, Dr. DuBois, Chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges and Founding Board Member of Rebuilding America’s Middle Class (RAMC), Says Move Would be “The Biggest Difference-Maker” for Students May 22, 2019 16:35 ET | Source: WASHINGTON, May 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Calling himself “proof positive that community […]
PANIC, an Uplifting Coming-of-Age Story Set in New York City, Explores Cross-Currents Running Through What Author Calls “The Great Anxiety”
Debut Novel by Non-Fiction Author and Journalist Warren Getler – Now Available on iTunes – Includes Groundbreaking Musical Soundtrack from Charleston, SC Band, Social Void February 27, 2019 09:00 ET | Source: Boyle Public Affairs WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In a press release issued earlier today under the same headline, a person’s […]
Washington Film Institute Presents an NHK WORLD-JAPAN Screening of THE PIANIST FROM SYRIA, Wednesday, February 27th at The National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
The Program’s Director and Deputy Managing Director of NHK WORLD-JAPAN Will Take Audience Questions after Screening February 19, 2019 09:00 ET | Source: WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Audiences around the world have celebrated 30-year-old pianist Aeham Ahmad for his talents, and now NHK WORLD-JAPAN has depicted the man, his musical gift and his […]
NHK WORLD-JAPAN Launches in Salt Lake City TV Market via Partnership with KUEN, a service of the Utah Education Network
KUEN Joins U.S. Public Broadcasters Distributing Japanese Lifestyle and News Programming in English to U.S. Markets SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NHK WORLD-JAPAN, Japan’s global 24-hour, English-language television channel, is now available to cable and over-the-air viewers in the Salt Lake City market, thanks to a just-concluded partnership with KUEN, a service […]
How Erosion of Trust in Media May Affect PR Pros
Data from Gallup shows that confidence in newspapers and TV news are at an all-time low, and as PR professionals this should be concerning for a number of reasons. First, in the big picture, the erosion in trust in the media mimics the erosion of trust in most other American institutions — like the Catholic […]
All Trump All the Time: Why Pitching Clients to Cable News Outlets Has Become Nearly Impossible
There once was a time, before the summer of 2015 when a certain man came down an escalator in Trump Tower to announce his candidacy for President of the United States, that PR firms such as ours could pitch cable TV news bookers with a reasonable chance at success. Yes, you had to have all […]
@GCTigerTracker: The Man for This Twitter Moment
We all know that Twitter can be annoying. Its cacophony of voices screaming 24/7, its herd mentality taken to the nth degree and its perpetually haranguing (and harangued) character @realDonaldTrump hovering over it all, like a big orange balloon in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. But there are some people who are tailor-made for Twitter, and […]
Winnebago CEO on America’s RV boom
From CNBC: “Michael Happe, Winnebago CEO, speaks with CNBC’s “Power Lunch” in an exclusive interview about the company’s earnings and growth plans.”
Thor Industries CEO: We’re finding ways to “counteract” tariff costs
Jim Cramer sits down with Thor Industries CEO Bob Martin as shares of his RV maker hover near year-to-date lows.