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Share I was saddened to learn of the recent death of Ofield Dukes, a leading Washington, D.C.-based public relations practitioner who helped transform the industry. I met Ofield early in my career at a meeting of the Black Public Relations Society of DC — a professional chapter that he founded in 1993 — and ran [...] December 9th, 2011 | Categories: Media Relations, Multicultural Outreach, Social Issues
Leave a comment | Share: Share My brother and I dressed up for Halloween When I was growing up, Japanese exchange students lived with us for eight consecutive summers. I loved it; they showered my siblings and me with attention, provided an excuse to visit places like Disneyland and museums, and would always bring special and exciting gifts from their [...] October 28th, 2011 | Tags: Clay Shirky, Diversity communications, Halloween costumes, Here Comes Everybody, Minorities and marginalized populations, multicultural communications, not a costume, Students Teaching About Racism, We're a culture | Categories: Media Relations, Multicultural Outreach, Social Issues, Social Marketing
Leave a comment | Share: Share In Sunday’s New York Times, the third richest person in the world penned an op ed asking President Obama and Congress to raise his taxes. Since then, Warren Buffett’s op ed is appearing everywhere. Political commentators are discussing the viability of his recommendation to tax the wealthiest in the U.S., media outlets are writing stories [...] August 16th, 2011 | Tags: Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Media Relations, New York Times, op ed, op ed writing, opinion, social media, Stop Coddling the Super-Rich, Twitter, warren buffett | Categories: Integrated Media Services, Media Relations, Policy Communications
Leave a comment | Share: Share I was fascinated by Page One: Inside The New York Times, a documentary on the business and reporting of The New York Times. But the film reminded me that the outlet is profoundly lacking with its still very one dimensional reporting of the news, or, more accurately, its monolingual reporting of the news. I would hope [...] July 26th, 2011 | Tags: EFE, New York Times, NYT, Page One: Inside the New Times | Categories: Media Relations, Multicultural Outreach
Leave a comment | Share: Share If you ever get into an accident, you’d better hope that the emergency room has a great triage system so they can prioritize your wounds and treat the most serious, not just the first one that catches their eye. Photo courtesy of susansimon on Flick I thought of that after watching a fabulous documentary, Page [...] July 26th, 2011 | Tags: Casey Anthony, New York Times, news, page one, preventive health care, social media, Twitter | Categories: Integrated Media Services, Media Relations, Uncategorized
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